Chapter 213: In Great Britain (3)
Walking through the streets of London, breathing in the somewhat cold and slightly smoky air, Wright Phillips felt a sense of familiarity and strangeness, but quickly eliminated this emotion, as an agent, he should be at peace with the situation and perseverance, how can he be compassionate and sad because of the situation?
He looked around vigilantly, and after seeing that no one was watching, he entered a grocery store, and he needed to buy a box of matches, of course, the purchase of matches was fake, and some news was delivered according to the plan of action to be true.
"Bring me a box of four-leaf clover matches"
"Sorry, we only have Starry Sky cards."
"Was it a fake that I bought from you last time?" Wright pulled out an empty box of four-leaf clover matches and raised it at the elderly shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper looked surprised and asked quietly, "Wait, can you show me your matches and them?" β
"Absolutely!"
"This is what my father sold," said Terry, the shopkeeper, as he winked at him, and led Wright into the darkened warehouse behind him, "I remember what you said, maybe I still have some stock at the bottom of the box." β
As soon as he entered the warehouse, seeing that the joint code was correct, Wright changed his serious eyes: "Are you a cuckoo?" β
"You must be the famous jackal." Terry smiled slightly, "The order is coming?" β
"Yes!" Wright asked warily, "You all know that?" Bond was also with this expression just now, someone leaked the news? β
"James Bond?"
"You know him?"
"No, I don't know it, is it useful to know?"
"Indeed" James Bond is a mysterious figure in MI5 and MI6, codenamed "007", and many people claim to know this famous agent, and even have a relationship with him. Almost everyone praises 007 as amazing, flying eaves and walls, hiding and lurking, reasoning detectives, dancing knives and guns, and is suave by nature, often able to count women at night, there are many pink confidants around him, and there may be women to save the scene at critical moments.
But they don't know that James Bond itself is a pseudonym, 007 is a generic codename, and different agents often use this codename, which looks as if Bond is omnipotent in heaven and earth, but in fact, it is because of the deeds of several or even a dozen agents mixed together, can the image of dozens of agent elites only be the essence and show?
Only insiders who know the secret service know that
Agents may have to pick a mission with great talent and quick responses, but they never pick characters who stand out and have a lot of romance. Agents require that the more ordinary and popular the appearance and image, the better, and the more low-key and secular the usual way of life, so that they can quickly integrate into the environment, and die quickly enough to be suave and swaggering?
"You don't have to guess," Terry said with a smile, "Since last week, the London police have started round after round of inspections and inspections, all kinds of hidden dangers have been swept away, and all the guns and ammunition originally issued to the volunteers have also been collected, saying that they will strengthen security." Everyone thought that a big man was coming, and it was probably a big man from Germany or France, at least of a higher rank than Ribbentrop, a champagne dealer, who did not come so solemnly. β
"It's not so strict, and I haven't seen you do it? You accepted the ordnance confiscation, you endured the occupation army ashore, you were indifferent to the demobilization of the army, and you still remained silent even after handing over a few capital ships to the Germans, everything was calm on the streets of London, I thought you were all willing to be slaves to the country! β
"Listen!" Terry changed color suddenly, "It's not your turn to teach us, at least we're sticking to our posts, unlike some people who pat their butts and run to Canada to kneel and lick the American master, once something happens, send a stunned young man who doesn't know how to do it yourself, don't get involved with us." β
At the time of the split of the two Britain, the intelligence forces that were originally deployed in a unified manner were also separated, and the forces deployed in South and North America were all assigned to the government of Hill, and the peripheral forces of Asia, Europe, and Africa were all assigned to the government of London.
As part of the Gentlemen's Agreement, the Big C, who was in charge of all intelligence forces, destroyed all lists of agents who were not under the control of the London government, and in fact many of the files disappeared without a trace long before they were destroyed.
Before Churchill led his people to Canada, he left behind a special organization in his homeland, especially in England, focusing on underground activities and transmitting intelligence, and was collectively called the "British Longbowmen", and Terry was the intermediary responsible for liaison and exchange information with the North American side.
"Okay, okay, I won't talk about this, I won't talk about this" Wright saw that the other party was angry, and quickly changed the topic, "Seriously, although I am a commissioner, I am not familiar with the situation here before, and I have actually been in charge of the North American line." β
"Of course you are not familiar, if you are familiar, you come in with the front foot, and the back foot will be caught by the big C." Terry said sarcastically, "Young man, don't inquire too much about some things, knowing too much is easy to die!" β
According to the original plan, Canada sent people to liaise and dispatch operational forces, and the "longbowmen" provided cover and intelligence support. To be on the safe side, North America sent the jackal to contact the operation group and the intelligence group separately, and until the last moment, he would not let the operation group and the intelligence group intersect. That way, if the action plan leaks, it won't involve too many people.
The assassination of the FΓΌhrer was not a complete and mature plan, it was a purely improvised idea, which was carried out by the Churchill faction in Canada, who were not willing to be lonely, and had limited support from the Americans in principle.
It is said to be limited because the attitude of Americans has always been ambiguous:
The United States supports all the forces that are causing trouble for Germany in Europe, especially the armistice agreements signed by Britain and the Soviet Union respectively, and even more so after Germany triumphantly ended the war in Europe, including Lisbon, London, and Geneva, all of which were active Allied agents and intelligence officers, and they also did a lot of work during this time, including those who clamored for a boycott of the Danish referendum, those who advocated for the French resistance to resist through de Gaulle's ship, and naturally there were also voices that advocated for the British resistance.
However, this kind of support and deployment is still relatively restrained, because Ribbentrop released a threat, and the US authorities, who are deeply afraid of being burned, are very restrained in their action planning, and do not dare to openly use guns and ammunition to support, and only dare to use political and financial means to fund it, focusing more on political significance than sabotage, to paraphrase Donovan, it is completely appropriate to make some trouble for the Germans, but it must not provoke the Germans to be angry, and the more than 3 million idle German soldiers are not easy to mess with.
This attitude and ability to grasp was well received by Dewey, and after Dewey officially took office, he appointed the main administrative officials with great speed, Edgar Hoover retained the post of director of the FBI, and removed William Joseph Donovan from the post of director of strategic intelligence, but the new CIA was established, with Donovan as the director.
Due to the characteristics of the political system of the United States, its intelligence agencies were scattered before World War II, the State Department had its own intelligence system, the Army had the intelligence system of the Army, and the Navy had the intelligence preparation of the Navy; Donovan, as an old friend of Roosevelt, had always made great achievements and made meritorious contributions in the direction of South America; after the Pearl Harbor incident, Roosevelt lamented the confusion and disobedience of the intelligence system, and established the Intelligence Coordination Bureau, which later became the Strategic Intelligence Bureau, which was under the management of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
But the existence of this agency inevitably contradicts Hoover's authority, so the two sides tear each other down, the most typical example is that in order to obtain super secrets, Donovan regularly sent people to the Spanish Embassy in Washington to conduct secret searches, secretly photographing the Franco government's code books and important documents, Hoover thought that he had interfered with his authority, and was very angry, and when the intelligence coordination bureau agents infiltrated the embassy again, the FBI dispatched vehicles, turned on bright traffic lights, and raised alarm signals, and finally arrested the panicked secret agents.
Although Donovan's complaint was brought to Roosevelt, it was clear that the FBI was stronger than him in terms of power and background at this time, and this task later became Hoover's responsibility.