Diplomatic Missions in London

Abstract

This chapter discusses the minutes of a meeting of the Committee for the deception of the enemy, revealing that during the next few months, strong land and air forces were to be directed to the final defeat of the Axis countries. The only problem was providing enough ships to do the job. Control of the Mediterranean enabled the use of the much larger vessels that were previously forced to take the long route around Africa. The chapter discusses black jumbos, the British code name for intercepted diplomatic communications, which would continue to be important sources but would not be as fruitful in the future. With the difficulties of courier links between (foreign diplomatic) missions, it was possible that they were sending more material in cipher than they would do once movement became relatively easy again.