“Underground warfare was an unknown art in England in 1940; there were no text-books for newcomers, no old hands to initiate them into the experiences of the last war . . . lessons had to be learned in the hard school of practice.”
-Lord Selborne, 1940 (Stafford 27)
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"Girl couriers were used extensively, because it was a fact that women were rarely stopped at controls; and only during the period immediately before the Liberation—and even then rarely—were they searched. They were seldom picked up in mass arrests. They provided excellent cover for their movements about the country by visiting friends, carrying out shopping expeditions and later, foraging the country for food."
-SOE report from the Netherlands, c. 1945 (Carlomango 23)
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"One feature of what I have found worries me considerably, and that is the friction that exists between S.O.E. and S.I.S. [Secret Intelligence Service] . . . with all these agents S.O.E. endeavor to keep up regular wireless and other communication . . . There is, therefore, an inevitable overlap between the S.O.E. and S.I.S. which means that the two services must work in harmony."
-Letter to Anthony Eden from Ministry of Economic Warfare, March 31, 1942 (S.I.S. and S.O.E.)
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