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By G. MacLeod Rom
he Blue Thumb
Perfidious Albion
Hugh TrVvor-Roper,• Regius wasthefact that it was contrived
Professor .of Modern History at ' ttiat all government services and
C;inibridge. University and departments • undertook to
himself a war -time- nrkntber of subordinate their rivalries, so
. Intelligence argues that e' the that all conspired tp present
individual spy is overvalued. an credible evidence, thus building
opinion formed after*' a careful an intuitive sense of co,tifid'ence in
review of the spate of spy stories, the, German High Command
published within the last five because the picture (mirage) was
months and, co v the so complete and its facets so
.activities of Russian. German and complementary.
British spies. Over the years -prior to June
-Codeword" deals with the 1944, the ground was intelligently
• 'Rote' K a pe l l e". or R 'e d fertilised,' so that finally the
Orchestra, the Russian spy German High Command had been
system which the Germans broke 'presented with all :he pieces of a
up in 1942. It was nothing more jigsaw which,'however the pieces
than a- comm o n or garden were' arranged, always spelt the
collection of', individual spies same message.
whose information was of no great The book narrates how this
valise since it did not tell a story. ' sincere cooperation of all
The spies in question were services was solicited, agreed
eventually betrayed by the and main -tallied; how it was asked for reinforcement after the
efficiency , of their Russian r e ali s ed that the m o's 1G.rr""` Normandy Landings, the Supreme
organisers. spectacular services performed Command told it not to worry; the
• •The Game of Foxes" is based by spies are against; and nbt for, big landing was not yet and' in any
on the German' Abwehr (Secret' . the country which first recruited event it would come higher"up the
Service) records, which the them; further to maintain the coast of France. Never have sd
initiative—a cardinal principle of few German double -agents saved
did the accepts as credulously ase war, counter -espionage must be the lives of so manyAllied
did the, Ger mans. Then there are
employed ' to disseminate your soldiers.,dwe know the Abwehr wa
three -books about General own false intentions in the minds s The poliulatron of Goderich is .The entire program will
Gerhard Gehlen, a Nazi, who of the enemy. expected to increase by more than develop the theme "Conscious Of
survived Hitler and carriednis � feeding on- false information. p
The second major principle
after estabtishment,of the double -
agent organisation was to -bend all
efforts toward the rnajor•
operation of the war; namely the
landing on the Continent of
Europe, and, many and varied
were the methods by which the
Abwehr"was persuaded that the
main Allied landing would be in
the Pas de Calais. It was never
proclaimed in plain English; still
less did it come from a single spy.
Rather a number of inferences
were scattered which eventually
formed an unmistakeable pattern
which,was self -confirming.
A whole false Order of Battle
was created and disseminated;
even to the creation of a false
Army Group that never was, so
that when the German 7th Army
D
An annual event at the Young Canada Week Tournament is the folk dancing of Indian teams just prior to
their game.Inthe match following this 'the Sarnia Indians were defeated by Oak ridges 4--3'with one
second remaining in 'the third period,—staff photo '
Witness delegates here
seven hundred persons this week Our Spiritual
"organisation" through the cold This it came "out that ever Because all Abwehr files were . s p toil Needs".
� Y end. Delegates to the Watch • According to Mr. Ral h Brodie,
war with the Soviets, working single spy •sent to Britain by captured: In early 1944 its head Tower. Convention being held at g
firstfor the. Americans' and later Germany was immediately boasted he hada' large network of. presiding minister of the • local
spies sendin re ular r dio -the Goderich District Collegiate - congregation, preparations for
ingratiating himself with arrested so that he could not make g g a w i'l 1 come from eighteen
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. even a single communication, messages from England, And 'of congregations of Jehovah's
But his story, fa .' -r from adding whether by secret writing, code, course it was true. It had been Witnesses from across mid -
to our .understanding of the or radio to his German masters. true for four years, but what they western Ontario.
mechanics of - espionage, serves His choice was between beconiing. communicated was what their new Early this week , a .rsPecial ;
rather to' show the danger' of a double -agent- for the British, inastgrs provided, Now we have meeting was held in the Kingdom
giving`too much power to'a secret , living with a gaoler who' was .- complete evidence from both Hall on Anglesea St.. in Goderich
. service. Gehlen's, own Memoirs responsible.that his actions were sides and both systems . and if to, finalize preparations for the
torpedo his own claims, for they • only those'which. the' British further evidence were necessary ,
�• convention.
are devoid of 'detail and are •secret.servicedecreed, and if he .. to prove the deception was >a
faultless; then to this da • John Didur, a. specra1
altogether too busy papering over proved , too • irresponsible, y You will
his employment of S.S. men. execution. •
From all the above books it is Once enlisted in the British
clear that a system of individual service the agent might be
spies merely " constitutes a instructed to tell his German
private and irrevelant 'game. , masters he had . enlisted an
True',,.,ypu tau a bin �fetuaI ; SS4st an W{1, ){(mj y�1'1a
.k. a C.-. Th.], ��� 2d 9.RTly��P +s ('��F�;�� .�,.rt�FI �R?.,, ��Ty:+,`f'.
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inf�ar7�a'�t�h�•�'t`'�i� fb".: �•4 ,
designing a 99 point nine inch gun,, other activity of interest to the
but wars are neither won nor lost • Germans. The helms, would
by such information. Such facts invarii"��6e notional, that is
form but a tactical success as •imaginary.,,yet he would be -given
such bring few practical'results. • all his own •idiocyncrasies of .ability of the Services to
vudividual spies, ate, •• very reporting; lnerable, vide the gobbling up of radio key. even to the use -of the cooperate so effectively. It must
"'the "tied Orchestra", as we • be adYnrtted that the First War
ed awell as
the British Secr ':ery1939 Once the Abwehr had been provided ' some. pretty drastic
in Western Europe, both", by the introduced to some real and many lessons in non-cooperation of
Germans.notional agents, it became which the Dardanelles was a
'possible to play upon this many prime example. .However, since
The . history .of espionage is stringed instrument and 'build up
littered with disregarded truths: the needed,false corroboration of
The . Dutch ignored word of the main lie. Proof of how the
Hitler's 1940 attack;; the Russians inter -service cooperation had
ignored word of his attack in 1941: :become a regular machine, there
,,the Americans were forwarned was "Operation Mincemeat" in
about Pearl Harbour `and the 1943, when• the subsequently
British were told the date of famous corpse of a Royal Marine
Hitler's attack in 1940..Thus we • officers was washed up on t'he coast,
deduce that facts which cannot be o f "Spain ,' bear i n gfalse reinforce his 7th Army. Now we
confidently believed are • information about the projected know he and iiis were duped.
The books mentioned are as
under:
Codeword: Direktor by Heinz
Hohne. Secker & Warburg
The Game of the Foxes. by
Ladislas Farago. Hodder &
Stoughton.
Gehlen-Spy of the Century by E.H,
Cookridge. Hodder & Stoughton.
Der Dienst by Reinhard Gehlen,
Vreet and read about Abwehr • representative trogt the Canadian
hands who boasted of the spies in branch of the Watch Tower
Britain they once "controlled"; . Societyexplained the full purpose'
It suffices for us to remark with of the gathering and showed. the ',
the late,Kaiser Wilhelm
responsibility :of • the lo.ca14
"Perfidious Albion", br as congregationtaplay host to their
frrendsrfrom:00gp'hbouring areas ,
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aiK. �. a,w�Y j1 T• .Ld r.. w.k w
1 y't •4;
Nation est�t"re'�i`ii�c'h�a'Cft'. t�aiY'd•o
!, .ill fi fill •hay g ::e' 1~
l'attaque, elle"se defend. arrived `from Western. Canada fir;
where
Reviewing this evidence and ,he .has been serving as kis
speaking as a professional district 'Supervisor of Jehovah's
soldier, the amazing thing was the
Witnesses, will act as chairman
for the convention and will deliver
several of the principal talks
.including the 'public lecture
entitled, "Are You `Marked' For
Survival?", Sunday afternoon at 2
p.m.
,then we managed to effect real
Combined Operations. The
remaining question is: Could the
U.S, Forces ac:hievesuch selfless
cooperation?
Hitler has been blamed for.
having a ,destructive finger in
several pies between 1939 and
1945. One being the failure to
symptomatic of the information Allied landings in • t h e
received from a single spy Mediterranean.
whatever his reputation. In fact •By1942 the British knew the
the higher his reputation, the Abwhrr so intimately that it
grayer the doubts raised. ' could be fed under ideal
The successful espionage'° circumstances; you could see it
system is based on a strategy of nibbling; even observe ,.its
penetration and deception to preferences; its favourable
which all intelligence service feeding times and places;
contribute, and perhaps the key to calculate how . much it would u Published in Germany by Hasse &
success of the British • counter swallow and follow the • rotes Qf Keyr._....,.,..v `...,.� .. •
espionage in World War II,, as absorption; listen for possible, The Double -Cross System by Sir
revealed in$irJohn ,Masterman's rumbles of discontent, or the purr John Masterman. Yale University
"The l iy't1 %-Cross 'System", of happy digestion." • . • Press,
Om*
Hoover`
theigatheringhave been underwa4 .
since last November. •
"A great deal of work has been
involved," he said, "among the
many details has been the job sof
finding accomodations for all the
delegates who •will stay in
Goderich for the, weekend,
Besides this, many hours have
been spent in preparing the
several platform demonstrations
that will aid us in our ministerial.
, "i
Research has shown that the •
organization of Jehovah's
Witnesses has grown rapidly in
h
t e•past, few years. More than a
half'iriillion persons `have been
baptized in just four,. years.
According to 'Mr. Brodie, the
Witnesses are looking for even
greater increase into their ranks,
The last time they assembled in
Goderich was November, 1969. At ,,
this timethe peak attendance was
739 at theirpublic meeting. It may
be of interest to note the increase,
• this time, if any,.
`Environment Mr. Hugh )rdigoffer,
M.P.P. for Perth, • announced the
approval of a provincial grant of
;$5,0Q0 to 'the .Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority for the
Galbraith Conservation Area.
This Conservation - Area
comprises some 100adres'of land
in the Township of M rnington and
• is located on the ° E1m,a-.•
Conservation Authorft'
gets provincial. grant
The Honiourable James A.C. Mornington. TQwnShip"boundary,
A°ukd,
.Minister of the.
approximately four miles south of
Highway 36. During the current
year the Authority is proposing to
estahlisht .camp sites, improve
sanitary facilities, pond and
services rgad,and carry out other
general, development 'work.
All member municipalities will
bear the'Apthority's oharf~` ofthe
cost.
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