Harold Keith Thompson (September 17, 1922 – March 3, 2002) was a New York City-based corporate executive, a Nazi agent, and a figure within American far-right and fascist circles.
[1]: 85 [3] He came to the attention of Nazi Germany and was appointed as a Special Agent of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) Overseas Intelligence Unit on July 27, 1941, swearing a loyalty oath to Adolf Hitler.
[7] Among the stranger aspects of Thompson´s life he was friends with the Jewish Communist publisher, Lyle Stuart, who he used the assistance of on several occasions to attack people with whom he had come into conflict including King Farouk of Egypt, and maintained warm relations with many members of the CPUSA.
[11][better source needed] More concrete links were established with Mohammad Amin al-Husayni and Johann von Leers as part of efforts to build the ties of the extreme right in the West and the Islamic world.
In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing he re-emerged, initially welcoming the attack; afterward, however, he later revised his position and denounced it as a government act designed to destroy the reputation of the far right.
In the early post-war years, Thompson worked as a publisher and literary agent (his clients included Fulgencio Batista, Carol II of Romania and Hans-Ulrich Rudel).