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divorce.’ This dialogue is not only true to Sneum’s recollections of the conversation, but also, in the case of Tulle’s intentions, true to subsequent Danish police reports from March 1942, now in the author’s possession.

Note 2: Page 149, Lines 8-10: “In fact, it was Ronnie Turnbull’s SOE office . . . with Danish Intelligence.” This claim came from Ronnie Turnbull during interviews with the author and is confirmed by the SOE Files at the National Archives in Kew, London.

Note 3: Page 151, Line 34:“A Danish police report . . . ” A copy of this report, from March 1942, is in the author’s possession.

CHAPTER 21: BED MANNERS

Note 1: Page 153, Lines 12-13: “He might . . . twice his age.” Source: Frihedsmuseet (Museum of Danish Resistance), Copenhagen.

Note 2: Page 155, Lines 18-28: ‘Do you think . . . technical effort.’ This dialogue is based on Heisenberg’s account as detailed in “The Making of the Atom Bomb” by Richard Rhodes.

Note 3: Page 156, Line 3: “ . . . very close.” Just how close Bohr and Heisenberg had been is nicely described in “The Making of the Atom Bomb” by Richard Rhodes.

Note 4: Page 159, Lines 4-10: ‘It would have been rude . . . when you can get them.’ Sneum consistently claimed to have had this affair with the much older Emmy Valentin in interviews with the author between 1998 and 2006.

CHAPTER 22: THE THREAT

Note 1: Page 160, Line 19 to Page 161, Line 9. ‘I had to keep . . . I have my family.’ Sneum’s account provided during interviews with the author in the period 1998-2006.

Note 2: Page 162, Lines 4-7: ‘We get running . . . organisation over there.’ Sneum’s claim was made to the author between 1998 and 2006, a consistent feature during various interviews with Mark Ryan during that period.

Note 3: Page 162, Line 35: “ . . . complained to Turnbull ...” According to Sneum, Captain Gyth of the Princes’ group confessed as much to Tommy later in the war.

Note 4: Page 163, Lines 12-20: “ . . . argued their case passionately . . . ” Turnbull explained this carefully to the author on more than one occasion during their interviews between 1999 and 2003.

Note 5: Page 164, Line 25-26: “ . . . The report said” The author still has a copy of this very thorough report, compiled painstakingly by Copenhagen Police Chief Odmar.

Note 6: Page 166, Lines 7-13: ‘For Christ’s sake . . . finish the message.’ This dialogue is reproduced here as told to the author by Sneum during interviews between 1998 and 2006. Sneum’s account is supported by that of Lorens Arne Duus Hansen (see later), who also alluded to Sigfred’s nervous problems and unreliability with regard to security.

Note 7: Page 166, Line 24: “ . . . alternating current at 7.5 watts…” “British Intelligence in the Second World War” by F.H. Hinsley describes the limitations of British radios in Nazi- occupied Europe during the first half of the war, as does the Danish radio expert Duus Hansen in his own account of his wartime experiences. It is widely accepted that Tommy Sneum’s complaints about the British field radios were entirely justified.

Note 8: Page 166, Line 35: ‘Not if you want to live.’ Sneum openly admitted to the author on numerous occasions that he threatened to kill Christophersen. He revealed that he made such threats to his spy-partner’s face. Sneum also admitted to plotting with trusted colleagues such as Kaj Oxlund and Niels-Richard Bertelsen to kill Christophersen. He told the author about such conversations on more than one occasion between 1998 and 2006.

CHAPTER 23: MEET THE WIFE

Note 1: Page 171, Line 25 to Page 172, Line 3: ‘We are looking for your husband . . . exactly what had happened.’ The dialogue is set out here as described in some detail on Danish police reports in the author’s possession.

CHAPTER 24: BROTHERS IN ARMS

Note 1: Page 173, Lines 19-20: “Since you hate . . . our scientists to thank.” This quote and the surrounding dialogue is reproduced here as told to the author by Sneum on many separate occasions between 1998 and 2006.