Operative
Operative noun - A person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country.
Usage example: CIA operatives take terrible risks to find out the secrets of foreign countries
Spymaster and operative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spymaster" instead a noun "Operative".
Spymaster
Spymaster noun - Someone who directs clandestine intelligence activities.
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- Leave Behind a Pistol: Andriani, the German spymaster, does this for one of his operatives after said operative passed on bad intel about a new weapon called a "tank".
Source: Film / Mata Hari
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