The enigma of an army friend who was Churchill's private spy
Martin Postranecky <mp-/[email protected]>
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The Times November 13, 2006 The enigma of an army friend who was Churchill's private spy ------------------------------------------------------------ By Michael Evans, Defence Editor THE SECRET role of Major Sir Desmond Morton, a British intelligence officer who became Winston Churchill's private spy, has finally been exposed to public scrutiny after the release to an historian of key MI6 and Whitehall wartime records..../snip/ ....Was Major Morton so trusted as a member of Churchill's inner circle for him to be included among the small number of people who knew of the war's greatest secret - the breaking of Germany's Enigma code, covering all military communications ? According to the documents seen by Ms Bennett, Major Morton did know of Enigma, but was not actually allowed to read the decoded messages. Ms Bennett's book is an official history published by Routledge in the Whitehall History Publishing series run by the Cabinet Office. see : ----- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,61-2450995.html Gill Bennett Churchill's Man of Mystery : Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence Government Official History Routledge ISBN: 0415394309