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"Bad Brad" Tirpitz is an American CIA agent sent in for deep infiltration of the National Socialist Action Army. He debuted in the 1983 James Bond novel Icebreaker by John Gardner. His apparent loyalty shifted throughout the novel, but ultimately, he was an ally, loyal to America and in the midst of a tangled web of double crosses, which lead to his operating under Aarne Tudeer.

Novel biography[]

Icebreaker (1983)[]

While working for the CIA, Tirpitz was sent in for deep infiltration of the Neo-Nazi terrorist organization the National Socialist Action Army. When the KGB and NSAA leader Konrad von Glöda set up "Operation: Icebreaker" as a trap for James Bond, Tirpitz, under the alias of Hans Buchtman, senior NSAA officer and confidant of Von Glöda, pretended to kill the "real" Tirpitz by staging an accident over thin ice. Tirpitz continued to act as Buchtman playing the part of Tirpitz when the operation began.

Following Rivke Ingber's accident at a land mine explosion, the remaining three agents race sled towards Count von Glöda's lair within the Soviet Union. Along the way, Tirpitz is supposedly killed in a land mine explosion, but Koyla instructs Bond to keep voyaging on. When they arrive at the Ice Palace, Tirpitz miraculously appears, and was supposedly in collaboration with Glöda working under the name, Hans Buchtman. When Gloda desires information on whether London intelligence has a NSAA hostage in custody, Tirpitz assists in the water torturing procedure on Bond, which fails.

Following Mosolov and Glöda's death, Tirpitz arrives to the hospital where Bond had been shot by Glöda in a gun struggle revealing he had not been associated with Glöda at all. Tirptiz explains that the CIA instructed him to make contact with Aarne Tudeer, which he did in Helinski, Finland, after he was suspected of doing arms deal with the Russians. Using his alias name, Glöda gained his trust. Concerning Rivke's real identity, he explains that he did not warn him because he did not know, the CIA did not alert him on this, and Glöda did not disclose this with him and was told late about the "hospital setup."

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