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26 MAGAZINE SECTION CONTINUING INTREPI suggested that. in return for a received a message from London. cash consideration.Bestrand asking him to cndeavour t CE about. Embassyaffairs. She which was used not only b pointed ou! that this was the Vichy naval attaches serving il. only possible course for a foreign missions but also by th! patriotic Frenchman like himself feet commanders.. Plans wer and the only way to defeat Lava! beginning to take shape for al and the Germans. Allied invasion of North Africa Bestrand agreed. and from and it wasof the uimo then on information fowed into importance for the Britis embraced every happening of im- of Marine in Vichy to thc flec. portance and every' current out- in Toulon and the Norih Africa Igoing and incoming telegram, ports. so that those concerne together with those of older date. could be kept informed of th Acting on instructions Cynthia ships' intended movements. also asked Bestrand io write a Cynthia wasinstructed reports nlled in many gaps by and Bestrand was Habbergast supplying necessary background by her suggestion.. 4 and enabling certain telegrams to was an impossible task. as acce daily newsletier relatrd the par- restricted. The room was alwa ticulars of all ihe Ambassador's iocked and ihe ielegrams we appointments and thc rcsults of taken by the Embassy Counsel. j the interviews he gave. in person to the code room. " Do you mean that even y Greatest challenge haven't aceess to that room Cynthia asked. The telegrams indicated what "Hardly anybody has." Be From Spain, specially imported and designed by. namely. that the Ambassador Naval Attache used to go the and his Nava! Altache were en- Casa Pupo for Liberty's comes this rug, in a large gaged in collecting intelligence more often than seemed nee sary. just out of curiosity. to'the detriment of thc British range of sizes and exciting colours . Ambassador himself sent him war effort for transrission t0 wooe Vichy. For example. on June 15. note forbidding any more vis ... and pass the word it's 1941. the Naval Attache des- to the code room.". patched a telegram. counter- "What about night tim 3'10'x2'10" Ls.0.0 6 3"x4'7" 14.0.0 8'x6' 28.0.0 13't x8'g" 58.0.0 Admiral Darlan. the anti-British No. but the room is carefy Black white/grey Minister of Marine in Vichy. guarded at, all. times. [giving him information lfor Forcign Affairs Ministry recer dark hrown/mid brownilight brown which he had apparently asked) sent instr uclions thal orange/white/yellnw of the location of those British permanent watchman should Phnn uo pnnnnnnnin nn nnnp uo oann ahnn pny yannn adanannn blue/blacklight brown American dockyards for retit. to guard the whole of Liberty gold/browngreen Likc all the other telegrams, Embassy premises. the signal was handed over in its "How big arc the cip white.green/yellow deciphered form. Cynthia was books?" continued Cynthia. .shortly to be asked to obtain the So big." Bestrand answe ** #** were sent. This was to prove them out their absence would Regent Strcet, London W1 Tel: Regent 1234 the biggest challenge and the noticed ai once." most spectacular feat in her Cynthia then. asked al carecr as an intelligence agent. Benoit. the Chief of Codes In March. 1942. Stcphenson He is a bear who has