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Special Operations: Arrangements for Funding

11 Jun 1940

A file of correspondence, memoranda and financial records covering the funding of Special Operations Executive (SOE) operations during the early years of the Second World War. Amongst the topics discussed in this file are the financing of propaganda in Latin America, the Balkans, Turkey and the Middle East; funding for projects to block the Danube and the Corinth canal to interfere with enemy movements and trade; arrangements for the bribery of Romanian officials to allow captured SOE agents to escape captivity; the purchase and distribution of weapons for resistance movements; the sponsoring of Romanian politicians; the training of agents and saboteurs; the equipping of Albanian partisans; arrangements for the organisation and funding of operations in Portugal, Spain and the Balkans in the event of a German invasion; the bribery of Portuguese policemen; arrangements for communication with agents in enemy territory; and the purchase of foreign currency to fund operations.
thailand singapore india china afghanistan sierra leone cape verde madagascar south africa gambia nigeria morocco kenya turkey politics france bermuda iran japan iraq algeria angola syria albania bulgaria hungary gibraltar portugal training united states of america guinea finland canada greece germany russia aircraft armaments austria bribery censorship communications currencies denmark finances indochina italy shipping burma norway transportation pensions police propaganda psychological warfare publications romania spain sweden switzerland great britain yugoslavia england palestine second world war contingency planning equipment partisans agents security service special operations wireless communications weapons trade economic warfare sabotage special operations executive blockades persia chiefs of staff foreign office british intelligence organisation intelligence funding herbert brittain intelligence organization peter loxley intelligence services responsibilities ministry of economic warfare nazi-occupied europe gladwyn jebb horace wilson escape dutch east indies french west africa samuel hoare intelligence courier frank nelson portuguese guinea french equatorial africa
Collection ID
CAB301
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Austria Bermuda Bulgaria Burma Canada Cape Verde China Denmark Dutch East Indies England Finland France French Equatorial Africa French West Africa Gambia Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Guinea Hungary India Indochina Iran Iraq Italy Japan Kenya Madagascar Morocco Nigeria Norway Palestine Persia Portugal Portuguese Guinea Romania Russia Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Syria Thailand Turkey United States of America Yugoslavia
Document Reference
CAB 301/50/2
Document Types
Correspondence Financial Report Memorandum
File Reference
CAB 301/50
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab301.0050.002
Keywords
Finances Propaganda Publications Agents Currencies Shipping Blockades Special Operations Escape Bribery Politics Intelligence Funding British Intelligence Organisation Armaments Economic Warfare Weapons Trade Training Sabotage Intelligence Courier Equipment Partisans Police Intelligence Services Responsibilities Pensions Communications Nazi-occupied Europe Transportation Aircraft Wireless Communications Contingency Planning
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Ministry of Economic Warfare Security Service Special Operations Executive
Pages
301
Persons Discussed
Herbert Brittain Samuel Hoare Gladwyn Jebb Peter Loxley Frank Nelson Horace Wilson
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Intelligence Funding Intelligence Organization Propaganda Censorship Psychological Warfare

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