Frank Harrington

Frank Harrington was a career employee of the Secret Intelligence Service. His service began during World War II. In the books featuring Bernard Samson, Harrington was the SIS resident in Berlin; his position entitled him to a large home which he occupied with a small staff of servants. Harrington's wife did not like living in Berlin and had returned to England.

Frank took notes during a meeting between Glenn Rensselaer and Alan Piper.

Associations
[please refer to the association charts page for explanation of solid, versus dotted line links - between associates as well as family]

The chart published for Berlin Game refers to Frank Harrington as 'Head of Berlin Field Unit Friend of Bernard Samson'. As well as Frank therefore being linked to 'London Central' another dotted line links him to Bret Rensselaer. Furthermore, Frank is identified as in a  'liaison with ' a 'Zena' who is married to Werner Volkmann. In this - as well as Frank Harrington having some sort of romantic affair with Zena Volkmann - he is likely running her as an intelligence agent on behalf of London Central.

In the table for Mexico Set - indeed for all subsequent graphics - Frank continues to holds the position of Head of Berlin Field Unit. He is again linked by dotted line to both Bernard Samson and Bret Rensselaer. In addition a dotted lines link him to Werner Volkmann and to Morgan, Personal Assistant to the Director-General, Sir Henry Clevemore.

Frank's entry in the chart for London Match links him by dotted line to Dicky Cruyer, Head of German Desk. Frank is similarly linked to Erich Stinnes - ‘Defected to London  Being de-briefed’. It is not clear however why a dotted line runs specifically between the two of them versus, say, between Stinnes and others with, in Bernard’s view at least, a greater stake in what the debrief will unearth: ‘Frank could afford to look bored – he was the only one in the room who would probably remain unaffected if they opened an orange file on Bret’, Dicky did comment that the plan to go through the archives with Stinnes would mean ‘Frank Harrington would not emerge shiny bright from any close inspection of the Department’s successes and failures’, but then the Director-General implied strongly that this plan had been superseded [London Match Chap 19].

For Spy Hook, dotted lines link Frank Harrington to all the many other characters working for London Central.

By the time of Spy Line, Frank has dotted line links to Dicky Cruyer, to Silas Gaunt and to Jeremy Teacher, Berlin-based agent working under Frank.

For Spy Sinker and Faith, there are dotted line links from Frank Harrington to only Bernard Samson and Dicky Cruyer, now Controller German Stations.

Commentary
Frank was alive at the end of.