Andrew, My goodness! You are a lucky man! Linda is smart and bakes too! And she cares enough about what interests you to even interrupt her vacation! Now that is a rare and unique trait. So Linda, you said that you were interested in intelligence work when you were younger. Was it the CIA that inter...

Paul, You know when information is passed from one person to the other, sometimes vital information ...... the person handing off is sometimes plagued with the question " Did they really GET it?" Its too important to be misunderstood but usually you are unable to draw pictures to illustrat...

Paul, It is my considered opinion that you probably have MOST of what you will need to complete this particular book. Notice that I say, this particular book, because as others have mentioned to you, (particularly your two lulus), this project is as a living and breathing thing. There is no stuffing...

Trickfox, You asked what Dr. Browns opinions and concerns were after the war. When you are dealing with someone who can not say very much about what he thinks or what he knows and can not share with you, you just have to judge his actions. This is Pauls story to tell so I will leave it to him to wri...

To all of you who are monitoring this forum at this exact moment. Join us. As Elizabeth likes to say, the water of this conversation is quite stimulating. Here is a tidbit for all of you. There was in fact a mole at Bletchley. His code name was Baron. He was never found out. Most of the messages tha...

Trickfox, If this Dr. Kendall is the same I am thinking of (and I may be wrong here) he also played a mean game of "Russian Bank" which is a very fast paced and intuitive game of cards. Did he ever teach you that? As far as the ladies were concerned, Berlin after the war was a little like ...

Grinder, Don't know if I can entirely answer your questions. Were there tests for the folks at Bletchley. Yes, each person developed quite a psychological file. Most were extremely intelligent. Perhaps in some ways TOO intelligent (I never had that problem!) Many of the folks there were actually in ...

Paul, Your comments about being in one hut and wanting to know what is going on in another vaguely reminds me of a musical score. I think it was " The King and I" where the King explains to Anna " Yes but ...... flower must not ever go ....... from bee ........ to bee........ to bee!&...

Thank you Mark. Under advisement. Back to Bletchley. Understand. I did not serve there so you will have to decide if what I have told all of you (and Paul , this is a constant excercise) Are these the ramblings of an old man? Yes? Are they valid? Since I am on a rambling rampage you might ask yourse...

This is in answer to "grinders" question about getting appropriate applicants to a secret organization. It is always a dicey situation. You can't advertise as everyone has noted. "wanted, energetic, brilliant, patriotic persons" for job that is never to be mentioned to any living...

I invite you and your readers Paul to look through a looking glass. Was it Alice who made the observation? "Its a great game of chess thats being played, ALL OVER THE WORLD, IF THIS IS THE WORLD." Ah, right now Paul wishes he was back on that beach with those blue waters within sight. Do y...

[note: June 12 06: I have taken the liberty of renaming this thread which is done by changing the subject of Mr. Twigsnapper's original post. This thread started out as one thing, and has morphed into something even more important, and I think that needs to be reflected in the name of the thread. I ...

Ah, Paul. It may be confusing but its a good world and you will help make it better. I am paying homage tonight to a great man and I know that not many of you have ever heard his name.( Perhaps Raymond and his contacts in France.) His name was Raymond Triboulet and he died on Friday. Nearly made it ...

Paul, Some stories are just never meant to be told. Some are. Most of the time you never really know which is which. And some are like Annemaries story above, unless you were actually there, I expect that you will never know the truth. I have a similar story to tell. You might call it a marker. The ...

Mark, You know son, sometimes you can gather intelligence, but nobody listens to you. When you are LUCKY its the other side who has the dense superiors. huh try 1941, Washington DC, before the US entered the war. Its springtime, at the basin cherry blossoms everywhere and there were agents from ever...