KEEPING IT DARK

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 February 1941, Page 6

KEEPING IT DARK

NAZI INFORMATION SERVICE ADRIFT LORD HALIFAX’S DEPARTURE. NEF.D FOR GREATEST SECRECY. The departure of Lord Halifax from England did not g<> unwitnessed by people in this country. Over and .Ji. ■ i the officials who wore in the secret there were photographers, railwaymen. deckhands, and ■ others who saw what was happening, but who--m *dii‘ !•<•! sts ut set-irmy hold thrir longiii.'s. So dark did they keep the secretthat tile Na.'< iuformaUon services were Ml lulrift. At a moment when H.M S Kng Georpe V w:.s a!mid;, half-way across Um Atlantic, a Gern i bni id< ' J uu nw .’1 ■ indulged in the ill-timed comment that ■'t>ord H ihf.o< i- .spending . g wb'm’wi holidav at ins Yorkshire estote instead of ginii.; to Washington ’’ Justifiably: those in th.- know laughed .up their! ■slei ves. The silence that many ordinary i people make it tiiffir business to main-' Ulin on such occasions has accounted i tor the success of mure than one ad-! venture in this war. The S.S. Queen j uhrabeth, for imitzince, reached Nev.' { York vmfttolested >n March. 1940, thanks! ui jsart t<> the discr< "ion of hundreds ’f :S .: . who watched with bated! aresiii while tugs and jiilots shepherd- i al iw: round the awl.word bend m the: d< AiWihcr well-kepst secret redistmris! .<> s.ut credit i.'f the 'diddle East. Stir- ‘ ”'w is uio ter el tiie batt It: field ami . - d-f.-.-v which .•■■hr<‘udrd G' 1 ’<TaJ ' •' I'l I>l bi fut < *’O '( •< s Hlewiw burst op the astonssiied P. ans .■ small fac'-.r _i> the wwoo >i '.lie Nio’tii Afr.can mmiia.'! C'l-i'c ■ i n ''s- .■>< er. ; was guarded by m i.b i < tm- <- ■ of me !( Vi’ifV- ;1 stirm:.pried ’he Wl i a !'i>" is-mivn'.'. :mu. U.aim. t)-,. : : tl i, ; ir> co; ;;dem:>’. raid them *w, p'ans I;; Irra: wm. fully row.wk N.. J hi>'t IriUwcl into th - news-wpi-i's. . : >,j unut ?h c wh'de story! -■.l.i! :>t t, IJ !.;>< nlv ..nd -,i w • c-d ; ? ■'■" ' ■ ' . : ’ ■ 1 ' •' • <•- i: - • that Ih - uM r.* vr. pvet : . ■ ■ h;n j '.m’c jij'itisiil** •('’.?’•nwu’ I ■ ■' vH ■ ’ : ' J I<‘ if I |; J'; ’ Ijf ’ V * fll * Y S A.'' * i ; 1»s *4‘ “ f -i'..' I';!.'.. i)i-.risrH x r hliu fotjru! ’ r wbm.unu h.,, :.m.k lira •!np i : ! ’i ’ ?:"<• ‘ < .b> ; n • «X ■>. see- ‘nwugh the cwi’ii’!' < * 1 U i 7’- .: ('.All W;•■ si —74.! i’’ V T’l f 7ffi-i. If ' ? . ' ■■ ' ‘ ‘ ' IP U, ■ < r. 'c '!■■ •' avc.h'lit*;r’ ralsp ii;iv 4 »vhn f ;■ Jp ■' *i' j ?t’i b>, J!' (. I ’TA *..*' ‘ ! u r; ; y; >■ ft * * ij'j *Hif * ;; - "’ ■ ' ' ’ • • . •; : , • ■ ■ ■ ■• r f