Serial No. Suggestions. Submitted by Remarks of I.S.S.B. 2. (cont'd) GERMANY: (g) "The Admiralty's secret weekly report last week said that 60% of recent U-boat losses were due to the inexperience of merchant seamen drafted to the U-boat arm." P.I.D. No security objection. (h) "Berlin insurance companies are insuring U-boat officers only on the basis of a fifty-days expectation of life. The expectation on 1st January was 100 days." P.I.D. No security objection. (i) "You know young men and boys in places like Hamburg and Wilhelmshaven are being press-ganged; they get drunk at a cafe and wake up next morning on board a U-boat.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Crete England France Germany Great Britain Libya Sicily Syria
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/103/11
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 81/103
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0103.011
- Keywords
- Rumours Propaganda Deception Secret Weapons Bombing Battle Of The Atlantic
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Inter-Services Security Board
- Pages
- 3
- Persons Discussed
- Stephen Shoosmith
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Propaganda Censorship Psychological Warfare
