[CW] Agent Radio Operation

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 11:27 PM Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com> wrote:

> I suspect the Dutch Agents got caught and killed as a result of high level
> treason within the S.O.E. and it's what Leo Marx suspected too since most
> Dutch Agents in Holland were imprisoned for the duration of the War.  Had
> the fire at S.O.E. headquarters not happened at War's end, records might
> have exposed that treason.
>

That's what Leo Marx said in his book, "Between Silk and Cyanide: A
Codemaker's War, 1941-1945", I know you spoke highly of the book.

Amazon has it - and it's cheapest in hardcover!
https://www.amazon.com/Between-Silk-Cyanide-Codemakers-1941-1945-ebook/dp/B000FBJG7C/

Wikipedia has an article about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_Silk_and_Cyanide

The title is derived from an incident related in the book, when Marks was
asked why agents in occupied Europe should have their cryptographic
material printed on silk (which was in very short supply). He summed his
reply up by saying that it was "between silk and cyanide", meaning that it
was a choice between the agent's surviving by making reliable coded radio
transmissions with the help of the printed silk, and having to take a suicide
pill <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_pill> to avoid being tortured
into revealing the code and other secret information.[2]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_Silk_and_Cyanide#cite_note-2> Unlike
paper, given away by rustling, silk is not detected by a casual or typical body
search <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_search> if concealed in the
lining of clothing.


I started reading it a while back but I got distracted, I'll have to pick
itp agian.

73
DR
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