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'''SO.1''' was the propaganda section of the [[Special Operations Executive]] (SOE), a British covert action orgainsation established in 1940. A year after the SOE's formation, it was separated to become the [[Political Warfare Executive]].<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.13</ref> | '''SO.1''' was the propaganda section of the [[Special Operations Executive]] (SOE), a British covert action orgainsation established in 1940. A year after the SOE's formation, it was separated to become the [[Political Warfare Executive]].<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.13</ref> | ||
| − | SO.1 operated in the United States under journalistic | + | SO.1 operated in the United States under journalistic cover as [[British and Overseas Features]].<ref>Piece titled S.O.1 Headquarters, July 10th 1941 in [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=160690&SearchInit=4&CATREF=FO+898/103 FO 898/103], National Archives.</ref> |
==People== | ==People== | ||
*G.101 [[Sydney Morrell]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.197.</ref> | *G.101 [[Sydney Morrell]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.197.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 22:07, 24 April 2010
SO.1 was the propaganda section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a British covert action orgainsation established in 1940. A year after the SOE's formation, it was separated to become the Political Warfare Executive.[1]
SO.1 operated in the United States under journalistic cover as British and Overseas Features.[2]
People
- G.101 Sydney Morrell[3]
- G.102
- G.106 Eric Maschwitz[4]
- G.111 Alexander Halpern[5]
- G.112 Sandy Griffith later G.400[6]
- G.124 Walter Lucas[7]
- G.131. Valentine Williams[8]
- G.140 John F.C Bryce[9]
- G.145 Benn W. Levy[10]
- G.401 William Deakin[11]
- G.411 Raoul Aglion[12]
- G.426 A.J. Ayer[13]
G.433 Noel Langley[14]
Notes
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.13
- ↑ Piece titled S.O.1 Headquarters, July 10th 1941 in FO 898/103, National Archives.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.197.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.197.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.195.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.195.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.14.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.202.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.191.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.196.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.193.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.189.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.190.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.196.
