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Eddie Chapman

Eddie Chapman

MI5 Chapman, December 1942
BornEdward Arnold Chapman
(1914-11-16)16 November 1914
Burnopfield, County Durham, England
Died11 December 1997(1997-12-11) (aged 83)
NationalityBritish
Known forWorld War II British double agent
Spouse(s)Betty Farmer
(m. 1938–1997, his death)
ChildrenDiane Chapman (b. 1939)
Suzanne Chapman (b. 1954)

Edward Arnold "Eddie" Chapman (16 November 1914 – 11 December 1997) was an English criminal and wartime spy. During the Second World War he offered his services to Nazi Germany as a spy and a traitor and subsequently became a British double agent. His British Secret Service handlers code named him 'ZigZag' in acknowledgement of his rather erratic personal history. He had a number of criminal aliases known by the British police, amongst them Edward Edwards, Arnold Thompson and Edward Simpson. His German codename was Fritz or, later, after endearing himself to his German cronies, its diminutive form of Fritzchen.

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    1. The problem with all spies, N.S.A., F.B.I., D.E.A., C.I.A. & the remaining weirdos, is that you see things you should not see, hear things you should not hear. And then assume you know something. Your arrogant and self serving as you have always been. Your curse is your "worshiped" status which will soon be shown to be very OVERRATED.

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