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==Prelude==

==Prelude==

The idea of using a corpse as an agent to deliver false information had its roots in a novel.  In 1937, Basil Thompson wrote a book entitled ''The Milliner’s Hat Mystery'' in which a dead man is discovered with a false identity, courtesy of the many forged papers and documents found with him.  The tenth in a series of detective novels featuring his Inspector Richardson character, it was not a good seller at the time, but it was picked up and read avidly by a British naval officer who happened to have loved the series, Lieutenant-Commander [[Ian Fleming]].

The idea of using a corpse ([[Glyndwr Michael]]) as an agent to deliver false information had its roots in a novel.  In 1937, Basil Thompson wrote a book entitled ''The Milliner’s Hat Mystery'' in which a dead man is discovered with a false identity, courtesy of the many forged papers and documents found with him.  The tenth in a series of detective novels featuring his Inspector Richardson character, it was not a good seller at the time, but it was picked up and read avidly by a British naval officer who happened to have loved the series, Lieutenant-Commander [[Ian Fleming]].

Fleming was responsible for the creation of a top-secret memo shortly after war was declared in September, 1939; the memo listed 51 ideas that could be carried out against the Germans using deception, false information, and so on; number 28, as Fleming wrote it...

Fleming was responsible for the creation of a top-secret memo shortly after war was declared in September, 1939; the memo listed 51 ideas that could be carried out against the Germans using deception, false information, and so on; number 28, as Fleming wrote it...