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Rumours of a Military Nature Intended to Mystify and Mislead the Enemy. Note by Secy.

1 Jan 1941

Serial No. -2Suggestions. Submitted by Remarks of I.S.S.B. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. GERMANY. (a) "Marshals Rundstedt and List were sent to Rumania because they declined to take any part in a hopeless attempt at invasion of England." (b) "Brauchitsch is against invasion." (c) "The British have obtained from the U.S. the secret of the pilotless bomber which automatically releases bombs at a given distance." (d) "The British dropped a number of landmines by parachute from automatically timed balloons over Hanover." "A new form of coast defence by which great store is laid is being pressed ahead.
france germany censorship italy propaganda psychological warfare romania england second world war deception adolf hitler security service joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff geheime staatspolizei denis capel-dunn vichy regime invasion threat benito mussolini inter-services security board german-italian relations rumours c edwards
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
England France Germany Italy Romania
Document Reference
CAB 81/100/63
Document Types
Report Memorandum
File Reference
CAB 81/100
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0100.063
Keywords
Rumours Propaganda Deception Vichy Regime German-italian Relations Invasion Threat
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Geheime Staatspolizei Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Security Service Inter-Services Security Board
Pages
7
Persons Discussed
Denis Capel-Dunn C Edwards Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet. Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. Memoranda. 15th January - 12th March 1941. Papers Numbers. JIC 23-99. Volume X
Themes
Propaganda Censorship Psychological Warfare

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