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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>
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'''SO.1''' was the propaganda section of the [[Special Operations Executive]] (SOE), a British covert action organisation 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>
  
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SO.1 operated in the United States under journalistic cover as  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>  
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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==
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*G.100 [[Richard Coit]].<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.192.</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>
 
*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.102
 
*G.102
 
*G.106 [[Eric Maschwitz]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.197.</ref>
 
*G.106 [[Eric Maschwitz]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.197.</ref>
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*G.111 [[Alexander Halpern]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.195.</ref>
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*G.111 [[Alexander Halpern]] later G.400<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.195.</ref>
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*G.112 [[Sandy Griffith]] later G.400<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.195.</ref>
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*G.112 [[Sandy Griffith]] <ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.195.</ref>
 
*G.124 [[Walter Lucas]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.14.</ref>
 
*G.124 [[Walter Lucas]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.14.</ref>
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*G.131. [[Valentine Williams]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.202.</ref>
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*G.131 [[Valentine Williams]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.202.</ref>
 
*G.140 [[John F.C Bryce]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.191.</ref>
 
*G.140 [[John F.C Bryce]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.191.</ref>
 
*G.145 [[Benn W. Levy]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.196.</ref>
 
*G.145 [[Benn W. Levy]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.196.</ref>
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*G.411 [[Raoul Aglion]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.189.</ref>
 
*G.411 [[Raoul Aglion]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.189.</ref>
 
*G.426 [[A.J. Ayer]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.190.</ref>
 
*G.426 [[A.J. Ayer]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.190.</ref>
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G.433 [[Noel Langley]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.196.</ref>  
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*G.433 [[Noel Langley]]<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.196.</ref>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 01:02, 21 April 2012

SO.1 was the propaganda section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a British covert action organisation 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

Notes

  1. ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.13
  2. ↑ Piece titled S.O.1 Headquarters, July 10th 1941 in FO 898/103, National Archives.
  3. ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.192.
  4. ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.197.
  5. ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.197.
  6. ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.195.
  7. ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.195.
  8. ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.14.
  9. ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.202.
  10. ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.191.
  11. ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.196.
  12. ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.193.
  13. ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.189.
  14. ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.190.
  15. ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States 1939-44, Brassey's, 1999, p.196.
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