Snow by Madoc Roberts

Author:Madoc Roberts [Nigel West and Madoc Roberts]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781849542548
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Published: 2011-04-21T14:00:00+00:00

At the beginning of 1941 Owens received a signal from the Abwehr instructing him to meet Dr Rantzau in Lisbon. Evidently the failure of the North Sea rendezvous had not deterred him from setting up a further meeting with his main agent in Britain in person. This development was important as Owens still believed that whoever accompanied him on this mission would be appointed his replacement, and that he would then take up his post in Berlin. This time, however, it was decided that it would be Dicketts, rather than BISCUIT, who would go with him. In order to travel, Dicketts would need a Portuguese transit visa and he suggested that the best way to acquire one would be to apply for an ordinary visa for Colombia, which he thought he could obtain from a friend, which would help him with the transit papers required for Portugal. As the plan called for a sea voyage, no exit permit was required, and Dicketts travelled to Newport, South Wales, to secure a berth. The arrangements for Owens’ travel, including letters of introduction from the London Chamber of Commerce, were also left to Dicketts, but time was precious because Dicketts was due to travel in less than a fortnight by boat, with Owens flying to Lisbon soon after.

During this final period before their departure, Dicketts reported that Owens was ‘running with the hare and hunting with the hounds’ and warned Robertson that Owens was likely to question him about whether Dicketts was trustworthy, to which Robertson confirmed that he would most certainly reply in the affirmative.

Prior to SNOW’s departure MI5 undertook some housekeeping to ensure his safety, and reviewed the Abwehr’s traffic with SUMMER to determine precisely what the enemy knew of his circumstances. MI5 had attempted to keep the agents separate but a study of the messages suggested that the Germans must have known of the links between them, so it was agreed, with some reluctance, that SUMMER should be terminated.

It is generally agreed that SUMMER must be eliminated. If this necessity is agreed it is essential that he should be finished off as quickly as possible, so that the other side may suppose that he has been executed before he could be induced to disclose all the small details and traces falling within his knowledge. If this is done it ought to be fairly easy to retain their confidence in SNOW.

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