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Rumours of a Military Nature Intended to Mystify and Mislead the Enemy: Note by Secy. Covering Rumours

1 Jun 1941

Serial No. SUGGESTIONS Submitted by Remarks of I.S.S.B. 1 (contd.) (g) "I'm not surprised there's a shortage of beer. The amount the locals have been treating those paratroop boys back from the Mediterranean, billeted in the Neon valley would. float a submarine." (h) "There has been the hell of a row between Lord Leathers and Margesson. Lord Leathers complained that the railways were quite unnecessarily overburdened by all this embarkation leave being given without warning, and if the Government can't trust the railways by giving them some inkling of what to expect in advance, they should make their own transport arrangements;" (i) The Irish Mail is always about four hours late these days, because of the traffic the Bletchley Cambridge line." (j) "You know those badges some units wear just below the shoulder : have you noticed that the onus wearing Viking's ships have all left London ? Apparently they've all gone to Tetnoy Haven." (k) "All professors etc.
france japan iceland finland germany spain great britain soviet union scotland second world war military intelligence adolf hitler joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff foreign office invasion threat predicting enemy intentions inter-services security board german airborne troops stephen shoosmith
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Finland France Germany Great Britain Iceland Japan Scotland Soviet Union Spain
Document Reference
CAB 81/103/36
Document Types
Memorandum
File Reference
CAB 81/103
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0103.036
Keywords
Predicting Enemy Intentions Invasion Threat German Airborne Troops
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Inter-Services Security Board
Pages
7
Persons Discussed
Adolf Hitler Stephen Shoosmith
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet. Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. Memoranda. June-August 1941. Papers Numbers. JIC 251-327. Volume XIII
Themes
Military Intelligence

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