Ian Fleming and SOE’s Operation POSTMASTER: The Top Secret Story behind 007

309 Pages·2012·2.99 MB·English

by  Lett

By the same author
www.brianlettauthor.com

SAS in Tuscany 1943 – 45

First published in Great Britain in 2012 by
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Author’s Note
This is the true story of M’s Secret Service, and of his Secret Agents who were
‘licensed to kill’. Every event that is described in this book is true. All direct
speech is taken from contemporaneous accounts recorded by the participants.
The code names of M and his agents are regularly used throughout this book.
They are taken from the written records made at the time. For ease of reference,
their real names are listed here:
W.01 Captain Gustavus March-Phillipps
W.02 Lieutenant Geoffrey Appleyard
W.03 Lieutenant Graham Hayes
M Brigadier Colin McVean Gubbins
Caesar Lieutenant Colonel Julius Hanau
W Lieutenant Colonel Louis Franck
W4 Major Victor Laversuch
W 10 Lieutenant C.A. Leonard Guise
W25 Captain Richard Lippett
W30 Captain Desmond E. Longe
W39 Major L.H. Dismore
W51 B. Godden
W53 Peter Ivan Lake
W53 Peter Ivan Lake
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