Noel Harvey
Noel Harvey | |
|---|---|
 Noel Harvey in 1969 | |
| Born | Noel Cohess Harvey 6 December 1928 |
| Died | 18 September 1970 (aged 41) |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Spouse(s) | Esmee Dixon (m. 1959) |
| Children | 3 |
| Espionage activity | |
| Allegiance |  Zamastan |
| Agency | Zamastanian Intelligence Service |
| Service years | 1965–1970 |
| Alias | Farruco Lence |
Noel Harvey (6 December 1928 – 18 September 1970) was an Allieuan-born Zamastanian spy. He is best known for his espionage work in Gladysynthia between 1965 and 1970, where he developed close relationships with the Gladysynthian political and military hierarchy. Though he was initially successful, his activity became increasingly risky and he expressed a sense of impending danger to the Zamastanian Intelligence Service in 1969. A year later, Harvey's true allegiance was uncovered by Gladysynthian intelligence and he was convicted by the Gladysynthian government under pre-war martial law. After being sentenced to death, he was publicly hanged in Mönusÿnthys on September 18th, 1970. The incident contributed to the sharp escalation of hostilities between Zamastan and Gladysynthia just a week before the outbreak of the Second Danaska War.
Early life
Noel Cohess Harvey was born in Porte-Lyon, Allieu, to Parker and Mirrim Harvey. His father Parker was a Zamastanian citizen. Noel sought higher education at the University of Porte-Lyon, and later the University of Tofino. He was fluent in six languages.
Harvey is said to have aided Gladysynthian expatriates who were taking part in espionage for a resistance movement within Gladysynthia. Harvey housed them in his apartment complex in Porte-Lyon during his college years. Two members of the spy ring were caught during one of their returns to Gladysynthia and sentenced to death, but Harvey's association with them was never uncovered by Gladysynthia's intelligence network.
Career
Enlistment with ZIS
Espionage in Gladysynthia
Discovery
Death
Harvey was found guilty of espionage by a military tribunal and sentenced to death under martial law. He had been repeatedly interrogated and tortured.
Zamastan staged an international campaign for clemency, hoping to persuade Gladysynthia to not execute him. Zamastanian Secretary of State Clay Jackson led a campaign urging Mönusÿnthys to consider the consequences of hanging him. Diplomats, prime ministers, parliamentarians, and Pope Arnold X tried to intercede. Jackson even appealed to the UCSS. The governments of Caspiaa, Quetana, and North Kandson tried to persuade the Gladysynthian government to commute the death sentence, but the Gladysynthians refused. Esmee Harvey attempted to appeal for clemency at the Gladysynthian Embassy in Viitaniemi but was turned away.
Harvey was publicly executed by firing squad in the central square of Mönusÿnthys on 18 September 1970. The execution was recorded on 35 mm film. On the day of his execution, his last wish to see a priest was respected by the prison authorities. He was also allowed to write a final letter to his wife.
Burial
Gladysynthia refused to return Harvey's body to his family in Zamastan, and his wife Esmee sent a letter to Duncan Thomas in November 1971 asking his forgiveness for Harvey's actions and requesting his remains. In February 2007, Nual offered to act as a mediator for their return.
Former ZIS Director Marcus J. Wild claimed in August 2008 that the Gladysynthians had buried Harvey three times to stop the remains from being taken back to Zamastan via a special operation. Gladysynthian authorities repeatedly denied family requests for the remains.
In 2018, a Gladysynthian democratic activist group posted a video on FriendSpot showing Harvey's body after his execution. No film or video was previously known to exist of the execution.
Return of remains
In November of 2024, Harvey's remains were repatriated to Zamastan in an agreement with the Gladysynthian government. Harvey, along with another Zamastanian soldier's remains kept by Gladysynthia following the Second Danaska War, were exchanged for the remains of a Gladysynthian soldier.