The discussion moved onto Chetniks, and possible renewed co-operation between the two forces, which by now seemed impossible. Tito mentioned his initial meetings with Col Mihailović (50), but realised that his troops had become too undisciplined and demoralised from long inaction, and had gone too far in their collaboration with the enemy. He then introduced Father Vlado (40), a Serbian Orthodox priest, who had left chetniks to join the partisans and who in addition to the usual red star, wore a gold cross as his cap badge. They discussed the future of the young King Peter II of Yugoslavia (20), still exiled in London. At a suggestion that the king might return to join the partisans, Tito replied that he could come as a soldier and not as a reigning sovereign, as the question of the future form of government would be settled after the war was over. Finally, Maclean asked if Tito's new Yugoslavia would be an independent state or part of the Soviet Union, the response surprised him somewhat: "You must remember the sacrifices which we are making in this struggle for our independence. Hundreds of thousands of Yugoslavs have suffered torture and death, men, women and children. Vast areas of our countryside have been laid waste. You need not suppose that we shall lightly cast aside a prize which has been won at such cost." [13] Maclean wrote several books, including Eastern Approaches, in which he recounted three extraordinary series of adventures: travelling, often incognito, in Soviet Central Asia; fighting in the Western Desert campaign, where he specialised in commando raids behind enemy lines; and living rough with Josip Broz Tito and his Yugoslav Partisans while commanding the Maclean Mission there. It has been widely speculated that Ian Fleming used Maclean as one of his inspirations for James Bond. [2] Early life [ edit ] RSGS Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean was born in 1911 in Cairo, the son of an officer in the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. Educated at Eton and King’s College, Cambridge, he passed the examinations for the Diplomatic Service with spectacularly high marks and was posted to the British Embassy in Paris. He thrived in the city’s glittering social life, but after three years he was ready for a complete contrast, so he requested a transfer to Moscow. His friends were alarmed; at the Foreign Office, a posting to Moscow was generally avoided because it was so ‘notoriously unpleasant.’ But Maclean persisted, and in February 1937 he stepped out of a train carriage into the bitterly cold Russian winter. The windows of his office gazed across the river to the Kremlin, where Joseph Stalin wielded his grip of iron. Here, Maclean began to hatch some startling plans of his own. He bought Duart Castle in September 1911 and restored it. On his 100th birthday he planted a rowan tree in the castle grounds to ward off evil spirits. He lived to be 101 years old. On his death on 22 November 1936 his title went to his grandson, Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet, who became the 27th Clan Chief. [11] [12]

Colonel Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Baronet of Morvern, KCB, DL (18 May 1835 – 22 November 1936) was a Scottish officer who served as the 26th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1883 to 1936, for fifty-three years. He lived to be 101 years old. [1] [2] He bought and restored Duart Castle in 1911 as the seat of the Maclean clan. [3] [4] Biography [ edit ] Eastern Approaches (1949) is a memoir of the early career of Fitzroy Maclean. It is divided into three parts: his life as a junior diplomat in Moscow and his travels in the Soviet Union, especially the forbidden zones of Central Asia; his exploits in the British Army and SAS in the North Africa theatre of war; and his time with Josip Broz Tito and the Partisans in Yugoslavia. Without prejudice to our other rights under these terms and conditions, if you breach these terms and conditions in any way, or if we reasonably suspect that you have breached these terms and conditions in any way, we may: On a reconnaissance trip to occupied Benghazi.) We walked down the middle of the street arm in arm, whistling and doing our best to give the impression that we had every right to be there. Nobody paid the slightest attention to us. On such occasions it's one's manner that counts. If only you can behave naturally, and avoid any appearance of furtiveness, it is worth any number of elaborate disguises and faked documents.Sada sam istakao g. Čerčilu i druge pojedinosti koje sam već izneo u svom izveštaju. Naime, po mom mišljenju, partizani će, bilo da im pomažemo ili ne, predstavljati odlučujući politički činilac u Jugoslaviji posle rata; da su Tito i drugi rukovodioci pokreta otvoreni i zakleti komunisti, i da će politički sistem koji uspostave neizbežno biti na sovjetskoj liniji i, po svoj prilici, veoma okrenut Sovjetskom Savezu. Posted to Moscow as a young diplomat before the Second World War, Fitzroy Maclean travelled widely, with or without permission, in some of the wildest and remotest parts of the Soviet Union, then virtually closed to foreigners. In 1942 he fought as a founder member of the SAS in North Africa. There Maclean specialised in hair-raising commando raids behind enemy lines, including the daring and outrageous kidnapping of the German Consul in Axis-controlled Iraq. In 1943 he parachuted into German-occupied Yugoslavia as Winston Churchill's personal representative to Josip Broz Tito and remained there until 1945, all enemy attempts to capture him proving unsuccessful.

So, who was Sir Fitzroy Maclean? Born in 1911 in Cairo, Egypt, to Charles Maclean, a major in the British army, and Gladys Royle Maclean, he was raised in Scotland, India, and Italy and attended Eton (1924-28), the University of Marburg (1929), and Kings’ College, Cambridge (1929-32). He entered the Foreign Office in 1934 and was first posted to Paris, and then to Moscow in 1937 where he served as the Third Secretary in the British Embassy. Stalin’s purges were at their height during Maclean’s two years in the Soviet Union, and he was present at the state trial of Nikolai Bukharin in 1938. He also made journeys to remote areas of the Soviet Union and parts of Central Asia where few foreigners had ever stepped foot in. At the outset of war in 1939 he returned to London where he embarked on a career with the Foreign Office as a Russian affairs desk officer.For nearly two years, based either on the Adriatic island of Vis or in the Yugoslav interior, Maclean and his companions shared the fluctuating fortunes of Tito and the partisans, culminating in the triumphant battle of Belgrade in October 1944, when the partisans co-operated effectively with Stalin's Red Army to destroy German military strength in the country. Maclean also acted as go- between in an acrimonious meeting between the Yugoslav leader and Churchill in Naples in August 1944. Adrian O′Sullivan (2015). Espionage and Counterintelligence in Occupied Persia (Iran): The Success of the Allied Secret Services, 1941-45. Palgrave Macmillan. pp.120–131. ISBN 978-1-137-55556-4. Nikola Živković, Srbi u Ratnom dnevniku Vrhovne komande Vermahta”.Arhiviranoiz originalana datum 2016-08-03 .Pristupljeno 2012-11-13. In maturity he was a tall, handsome, broad-browed, imposing, energetic figure. In later years, some claimed that he was the model for James Bond, the daredevil hero in novels by Ian Fleming.

Officers and soldiers under Maclean's command included Peter Moore of the Royal Engineers; Mike Parker, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster general; Gordon Alston; John Henniker-Major, a career diplomat; Donald Knight, and Robin Whetherly. In early-Sep 1943, the group flew from Cairo to Bizerta, where they switched planes and boarded Halifax bombers for a flight to the mountains of Bosnia. [7] First impressions and meeting Tito [ edit ] Maclean once more raised the concern about partisans' commitment to the Soviet Union once the fighting had finished when Churchill asked: He was Grand President of the Clan Gillean Association, honorary president of the Mull and Iona Association, vice-president and formerly president of the Highland Society of London. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant for Argyllshire in 1932. [3] Heraldry [ edit ] Coat of arms of Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet Macleans Toast Chief on His 100th Birthday". Chicago Tribune. 19 May 1935 . Retrieved 6 March 2009.Maclean, Veronica (2002) Past Forgetting: a memoir of heroes, adventure, love and life with Fitzroy Maclean. London: Review ISBN 0-7553-1025-X. By now, the situation somewhat stabilised and the Allied aeroplanes were able to drop new members to the mission. This included Major Doctor Lindsay Rogers RAMC (NZ) who led his own Mission and organised improvised hospitals throughout the Partisan controlled territory, insisting on standards of hygiene, medical discipline and the isolation and treatment of the many typhus cases. He was also able to organise the air-drops of large quantities of medicament. [52] Sir Fitzroy Hew Maclean of Dunconnel, who became the 15th Hereditary Keeper and Captain of Dunconnel, was born in Cairo, the son of Charles Maclean, a British Army major, and the former Gladys Royle. He went on to graduate from Eton and, with first-class honors, from Cambridge University in 1932.