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001			on1148990457
003			OCoLC
005			20200616150107.0
008			190615t20192019enkabf e bq 001 0 eng
010			_ajb2020365705
040			_aAU@ _beng _erda _cAU@ _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dNFG
020			_a9781526760685 (paperback)
020			_a1526760681 (paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)1148990457
092			_a940.5486 _bL651
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aLett, Brian, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aIan Fleming and Soe's Operation Postmaster : _bthe untold top secret story / _cBrian Lett.
264		1	_aBarnsley, South Yorkshire : _bPen & Sword Military, _c2019.
264		4	_c©2019.
300			_ax, 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
520			_aThis is a true story of a force of "licensed to kill" secret agents, commanded by a real war time secret service chief code names M, with whom Ian Fleming worked, and upon whom his James Bond stories were based. Brigadier Colin Gubbins was M, the Special Operations Executive was his Secret Service, Professor Dudley Newitt was Q and Captain Gus March-Phillips commanded "Maid of Honor Force", the team of James Bonds who, in a daring operation, sailed a Q ship to West Africa and stole three enemy ships from a neutral Spanish port on the volcanic island of Fernando Po. Ian Fleming worked closely with M to oil the wheels that made the operation possible, and prepared the cover story, in which the British Government lied in order to conceal British responsibility for the raid. M's agents prepared the ground on Fernando Po, even enmeshing the Governor in a honey trap. March-Phillips and his team carried out the raid successfully in January 1942, despite much opposition from the local regular Army and Navy commanders, and in the face of overwhelming odds. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Fleming's lies on the international stage, denying any British complicity in the operation. As a result, a secrecy embargo enveloped Operation POSTMASTER until recently. The author, an experienced criminal QC, proves beyond doubt that this thrilling operation, and the men who carried it out, were the inspiration for Fleming's James Bond.
600	1	0	_aFleming, Ian, _d1908-1964. _921519
610	1	0	_aGreat Britain. _bSpecial Operations Executive _xHistory. _9240256
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xSecret service _zGreat Britain. _924332
651		0	_aFernando Po (Equatorial Guinea)
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