Between Silk And Cyanide
“The poem-code had become a worldwide malignancy, and to send WOKs and LOPs to Cairo, India and Burma—whose agents needed them just as badly as their European counterparts—enough silk would be needed for at least 40 million code-groups.
It was my job to find it, and not for the first time since joining SOE I wished that there were some substance in the most enduring of all myths: that the chosen people have direct access to everything in short supply with the possible exception of tolerance. As ...it was I had no ideas, no contacts, and no option but to join the long queue of mendicants waiting for SOE's Supply directorate to live up to its job description.
I was luckier than most because my rejection was immediate. None of the Supply departments (there were four main ones) could undertake a commitment of this size, even if its priority was as high as I maintained. Nor did they know of anyone who could.
Once again I turned to Joan Dodd, whose official position as head of the stationery department was the biggest misnomer in Baker Street.MoreLess
It was my job to find it, and not for the first time since joining SOE I wished that there were some substance in the most enduring of all myths: that the chosen people have direct access to everything in short supply with the possible exception of tolerance. As ...it was I had no ideas, no contacts, and no option but to join the long queue of mendicants waiting for SOE's Supply directorate to live up to its job description.
I was luckier than most because my rejection was immediate. None of the Supply departments (there were four main ones) could undertake a commitment of this size, even if its priority was as high as I maintained. Nor did they know of anyone who could.
Once again I turned to Joan Dodd, whose official position as head of the stationery department was the biggest misnomer in Baker Street.MoreLess
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