Rumours of a Military Nature Intended to Mystify or Mislead the Enemy. Note by Secy.

Serial No. Suggestions. Submitted by. Remarks of I.S.S.B. 3. 4. -2(Contd.) GERMANY: "An A.R.P. look-out man in Hanover who survived the raid said that the first R.A.F. ple planes over, which lit the guiding flares, were 3 or 4 times as big as any bomber he had ever seen." "All German soldiers washed up in the Canaries have been buried with military honours." "One of the ships in the British convoy sunk by a submarine last week was carrying 850 German U-boat prisoners." "A fisherman at Quimper has been sent to prison for three months for asking in a cafe what had happened to the 15,000 German soldiers who sailed from Brest for Ireland last week" NOTE: The above is based on a rumour, reported by the Security Control Officer at Avonmouth as current in the port there, regarding an alleged German attempt to invade Ireland.