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diplomatic incident between Britain and the Free Danes.” Remarkably, this significant diplomatic incident seems to have been almost air-brushed out of their wartime history by the Danes. It may have been that a desire to play down Sneum’s impact—since he was trying to fight or undermine the Nazis at a time when his country wasn’t—lay behind this particular blind spot among Danish historians.

CHAPTER 42: SMEAR CAMPAIGN

Note 1: Page 293, Lines 1-3: “Hollingworth wrote to Wiskemann . . . to defend himself . . . ” Again this letter is to be found in the SOE Files at the National Archives in Kew, London.

Note 2: Page 293, Lines 15-17: “given a great deal . . . Sneum had spilt the beans.” This is how Geoffrey Wethered, of Branch B1B of the British Secret Service (MI5) describes the so- called failings of Sneum and Christophersen, as reported to him by Hollingworth. Wethered writes about Hollingworth’s warning in the KV6 series of documents released to Britain’s National Archives in Kew, London, in 2003.

Note 3: Page 294, Lines 6-7:“ . . . luncheon at the Three Vikings restaurant in Glasshouse Street . . . ” The investigation into the possible treachery surrounding this luncheon is well documented in the KV6 series and SOE Files at the National Archives in Kew, London, as Wethered launches his hunt for a double agent.

Note 4: Page 294, Lines 23-25: “ML Clarke . . . made a list of Moeller’s grievances.” A full list of Moeller’s grievances, including the British treatment of Sneum, can be found in the SOE Files at the National Archives in Kew, London.

Note 5: Page 295, Line 22: “ . . . replied Tommy.” This dialogue was reconstructed with Sneum’s help. He repeatedly claimed, between 1998 and 2006, that he didn’t know exactly which British covert organisation that he had been working for until this moment.

Note 6: Pages 295 Line 38 to 296 Line 1: “ . . . Stig Jensen wrote to Tommy . . . ” The author has a copy of this letter from Stig Jensen, supporting Tommy and his controversial actions.

Note 7: Page 296 Lines 21-22: “ . . . John Senter . . . wrote to Dick White of MI5.” Source: KV6 series, National Archives, Kew, London.

CHAPTER 43: POWERLESS

Note 1: Page 297, Line 6: “What the bloody hell are you doing here, Sneum?” This dialogue with Gregory is written as Sneum consistently remembered it in interviews with the author between 1998 and 2006.

Note 2: Page 298, Line 5: “On the night of 4 September ... ” This tragic incident is well documented in the SOE Files at the National Archives in London and also in history books such as “Inside SOE” by E.H. Cookridge.

Note 3: Page 299, Line 10: “ . . . Sneum had demanded to talk.” Reginald Spink’s book entitled “40 ar efter. En Engloenders spredte erindringer om krig og fred.”

Note 4: Page 299, Lines 13-14: “ . . . telling his sidekick to contact Commander Senter if he was so concerned.” SOE Files, British National Archives, Kew, London.

Note 5: Page 299, Line 37: “ . . . joint assessment of the spy.” SOE and KV6 Files, National Archive, London.

Note 6: Page 300, Line 31: “ . . . to recover missing SOE money.” Flemming Muus, SOE’s chief in Denmark later in the war, was at the centre of allegations of embezzlement of SOE funds. He was arrested in 1946 and eventually exiled from Denmark for five years. Muus, who won a DSO for his services to the Danish Resistance, denied the charges.

Note 7: Page 301, Line 1: “ . . . he insisted he had betrayed no one ... ” Sneum told the author in detail how he had defended himself at this vital hearing.

Note 8: Page 302, Line 13: “ . . . as they stormed the hideout . . . ” An account of what happened can be found in the SOE Files at the National Archives in London or in history books such as “Inside SOE” by E.H. Cookridge.

Note 9: Page 302, Lines 34-35: “ . . . Rottboell’s own body was riddled with twelve.” Rottboell’s bullet-riddled clothes are on display at the Frihedsmuseet Museum in Copenhagen.

CHAPTER 44: A NEW BETRAYAL

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