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Note 3: Page 100, Lines 27-32: “At this point . . . Air Ministry Intelligence.” Sources: Sneum’s written report for Danish Intelligence, Mark Ryan’s interviews with Sneum and the book “Most Secret War” by R.V. Jones.

Note 4: Page 101, Lines 9-27: “1. Could the man be an enemy agent? . . . .4. ..yes to this question, too.” Source for the checklist: War Office Files, the National Archives, Kew, London, England.

Note 5: Page 103, Lines 9-35: ‘Nearly all my films . . . brought up the rear.’ Source: Sneum’s account to the author, verified by R.V. Jones of British Scientific Intelligence in his book ‘Most Secret War.’

Note 6: Page 105, Lines 3-6: ‘These are the first . . . moving pictures.’ Sneum’s claim during interviews with Ryan 1998-2006.

Note 7: Page 106, Lines 1-3: ‘Otto Gregory . . . Victoria Cross.’ Gregory’s claim as described by Sneum in interviews with the author 1998-2006. It was impossible to win the Victoria Cross, Britain’s highest honour for valour, unless one’s bravery was shown in combat.

CHAPTER 15: THE SPYMASTER

Note 1: Pages 108-110: “Cuthbert Euan Cecil Rabagliati . . . ” This portrait of Rabagliati is based on the conversations Mark Ryan had with the Dutch spy, Erik Hazelhoff, and with Hazel Seymour, the SIS secretary and wife of Rabagliati’s number two, Charles Seymour, in 1998 and 1999. War records from the National Archives in Kew, London, have added to the picture of this extraordinary man.

Note 2: Page 112, Lines 14-22: “On Wednesday . . . such a job.” Source: Sneum’s written report to Danish Intelligence in 1941, now in the author’s possession.

CHAPTER 16: SIS, SOE AND A STRAINED MARRIAGE

Note 1: Page 117, Line 32: ‘I regarded myself as an amateur..’ Turnbull’s interviews with the author between 1999 and 2003.

Note 2: Page 118, Lines 7-8: “... secret army . . . British attack.” For more details of the so-called “P-Plan” for a secret army and coordinated uprising against the Nazis in Denmark, see the SOE Files at the National Archive in Kew, West London, UK.

Note 3: Page 119, Lines 9-24: “On 21 June last . . . Danish garrisons.” Source: SOE Files, National Archives, Kew, London.

Note 4: Page 123, Lines 23-37: “1 Young Danish officer . . . vigorous young man.” Source: SOE Files, National Archives, Kew, London.

CHAPTER 17: SPY SCHOOL

Note 1: Page 131, Line 14 to Page 132, Line 9: “He had joined . . . two months later . . . ” Source of this information is a detailed police report compiled by Swedish and Danish police in March 1942. Author Ryan has a copy of the report.

Note 2: Page 132, Lines 17-20: “Jorgen Thalbitzer . . . spectacular escape.” Having escaped from a German-run POW camp in Poland, Thalbitzer later made it back to Denmark. He tried to cross the Oeresund channel between Denmark and neutral Sweden in a boat so that he could eventually reach England and fight again. But he and a colleague drowned in the sea channel’s icy waters while making their bid for freedom on the night of 28-29 March, 1943.

Note 3: Page 133, Lines 1-3: ‘We don’t . . . I want to survive.’ Sneum consistently alleged that Christophersen had implied that he would cooperate with the Germans if caught. (Sneum interviews with author Ryan, 1998-2006).

CHAPTER 18: A RECIPE FOR DISASTER

Note 1: Page 136, Line 1 to Page 137, Line 30: “Seymour . . . Mullion.” The inside story on Seymour was kindly given to the author by his widow Hazel between 1998 and 1999.

Note 2: Page 139, Line 29: ‘Kill him.’ In many interviews between 1998 and 2006, Sneum repeatedly insisted to the author that Rabagliati had given him authority to kill Christophersen under extreme circumstances in order to protect security. Tommy described the dialogue with his spymaster precisely as set out here.

CHAPTER 19: INTO ACTION

Note 1: Page 145, Line 8-31: “Are you in pain . . . with a smile.” Dialogue as told to the author by Tommy Sneum, 1998-2006.

CHAPTER 20: A FRAGILE FOOTHOLD

Note 1: Page 147, Line 26: ‘She’s filing for