 Lesser known than the Italian actions were the sabotage operations and <unk> @-@ mine attacks carried out by Spanish and <unk> agents recruited in the <unk> de Gibraltar by the Germans . The <unk> contacted a Spanish staff officer from <unk> de Gibraltar , Lieutenant Colonel <unk> <unk> <unk> , a Spanish officer , member of the <unk> and coordinator of the intelligence operations in the <unk> , to establish a network of <unk> with access to Gibraltar . <unk> <unk> designated Emilio <unk> <unk> , also a member of <unk> , as operations chief of the organisation . Most of the recruits for the sabotage operations were Spaniards from the <unk> . A combination of financial reward , ideological commitment and some threats and <unk> were used to gather a significant number of agents . According to the British intelligence , there were at least 183 Spaniards and <unk> involved in the espionage and sabotage operations against Gibraltar . 
