‘… in 1955’ W&P (1995), p. 47
‘… strewn to the wind’ Bezymenski (1968), p. 66
‘… further bone fragments’ W&P (1995), p. 85
‘… point-blank range’ W&P (1995), p. 87
‘… Hitler Diaries’ Harris (1986), p. 15
‘… the remains’ W&P (1995), pp. 87–9
‘… Russian archives’ W&P (1995), p. 167
‘… relatively uninformed’ Thomas (1995), p. 183
‘… of the capture’ Thomas (2001), pp. 147–59
‘… medical anomalies’ Thomas (2001), p. 215
‘… was ‘perhaps’ not’ Thomas (2001), p. 249
‘… obscure angles’ Thomas (2001), p. 170
‘… as an exhibit’ Ramsey (1976), p. 35
‘… Artur Axmann’ Trevor-Roper (1947), pp. xxxvii–xxxvii
‘… Stalin informed Harry’ W&P (1995), p. 44
‘… Lev Bezymenski’ Trevor-Roper (1995), p. xi
‘… Bormann biography’ Martin Bormann by James McGovern (Arthur Baker, 1968)
‘… Ladislas Farago’ Farago (1974), p. 431; Thomas (1995), pp. 220–30
‘… Reinhardt Gehlen’ Trevor-Roper (1995), pp. xi–xiii
‘… in December 1972’ Ramsey (1998), p. 42
‘… Hugo Beer’ Trevor-Roper (1995), p. xii
‘… J.O.E.O. Mahrke’ Ramsey (1998), p. 42
‘… Nigel West’ West (1998), pp. 146–64
‘The ‘Bormann skull’… ’ Ramsey (1998), p. 42
‘… Colonel Bogey’ Waite (1977), p. 150
‘Hitler’s abnormal sex …’ Hinchley (1963), p. 155
‘The genital member …’ Bezymenski (1968), p. 46; Redlich (1999), p. 229, pp. 374–9
‘… deliberately falsified’ Redlich (1999), p. 229
‘… Heinz Linge’ Redlich (1998), p.229; Heinz Linge, Bis zum Untergang (Munich, 1980), p. 68, pp. 93–4
‘Two Nazi doctors …’ Maser (1973), p. 204; Waite (1977), p. 151; Redlich (1998), p. 229
‘… some doubt’ Waite (1977), pp. 151–2
‘… Die Zeit’ Die Zeit, 21 December 1971
‘… was impotent’ Maser (1973), p. 204
‘… Ernst Hanfstaengl’ Daily Express, 19 September 1934; Hinchley (1963), p. 155
‘… fizzled out’ Machtan (2001), p. 292
‘… Harold Nicolson’ Nicolson (1980), p. 168
‘… the Listener’ The Listener 15 February 1940, pp. 311–13
‘… William Shirer’ Shirer (1941), p. 137
‘… Chips Channon’ James (1970), pp. 288–9
‘… crude propaganda’ e.g. Kurt Kruger, Inside Hitler, Avalon Press, 1941
‘… contracted syphilis’ Maser (1973), p. 195
‘… seventeenth birthday’ Waite (1977), p. 435
‘… an epileptic’ Fussell (1989), p. 46
‘… sexual pervert’ Waite (1977), p. 237; Hinchley (1963), p. 155
‘… Kurt Kruger’ cited in Waite (1977), pp. 433–4
‘… a Jewish lover’ W&P (1995), p. 165
‘… trigger himself’ Tabori (1949), pp. 18–19; Ravenscroft (1973), p. 174; Hinchley (1963), p. 155
‘… Dresden in 1942’ Tabori (1949), p. 53; Blundell (1995), p. 42
‘… Josef Greiner’ see Waite (1977), pp. 427–32
‘… in 1949’ Tabori (1949), unpaginated preface; Waite (1977), pp. 343–5
‘… subsequent historians’ Robert Payne (1973); John Toland (1976)
‘… Brigid Dowling-Hitler’ Waite (1977), pp. 432–3
‘… The Flying Visit’ published by Jonathan Cape in 1940
‘… Air Ministry’ PRO, AIR 16/519
‘A large number …’ PRO, FO 898/6
‘The moon and tides …’ quoted by Richard Cox in Sealion (Thornton, 1974), p. 153
‘… mislead by bogus’ see Chapter 8
‘… seer Nostradamus’ Howe (1982), plate 19
‘… unavowable black’ see generally Howe (1982)
‘… Louis de Wohl’ Howe (1967), pp. 205–16
‘… Hitler’s personal astrologer’ Montgomery Hyde (1962), p. 189
‘Four months hence …’ Montgomery Hyde (1962), p. 189
‘In the light …’ Montgomery Hyde (1962), p. 190
‘… the fire escape’ Stevenson (1976), pp. 346–7
‘… highly unreliable’ West (1984), p. 169–83
‘… a quack’ Stevenson (1976), p. 346
‘… Satanist or Luciferian’ Spence (1943), p. 12
‘… mystical mulatto’ Spence (1943), p. 7
‘… shadowy people’ Spence (1943), p. 9
‘… Michael Bentine’ Michael Bentine, The Door Marked Summer, Granada, 1981, p. 291
‘… Satan and Swastika’ by Francis King (Mayflower, 1976)
‘… The Occult Reich’ by J.H. Brennan (Signet, 1974)
‘… Hitler and the Occult’ by Ken Anderson (Prometheus, 1995)
‘… Hitler – Black Magician’ by Gerald Suster (Sphere, 1981)
‘Books written …’. Goodrick-Clarke (1985), pp. 224–5
‘… Stein himself witnessed’ Ravenscroft (1973), p. xxi
‘… knew more about’ Ravenscroft (1973), plate caption between pp. 170–1
‘… a confidential advisor’ Ravenscroft (1973), p. xiii
‘… mind expansion’ Ravenscroft (1973), p. 13
‘Very considerable …’ Ravenscroft (1973), p. xiii
‘… General Patton’ Ravenscroft (1973), p. 349
‘… Karl Haushofer’ Ravenscroft (1973), p. 238
‘… SS took oaths’ Ravenscroft (1973), p. 259
‘… Planetary Doppelgänger’ Ravenscroft (1973), p. 307
‘… anti-human’ Ravenscroft (1973), p. 295
‘… took no verbatim’ Ravenscroft (1973), p. 60
‘One day we were …’ Jones (1992), pp. 118–9
‘There was to be …’ Ravenscroft (1973), p. 325
‘Many rumours, later …’ Ravenscroft (1973), p. 328
CHAPTER EIGHT
Note: references below to PPP are to Pickett, Prince and Prior.
References to Nesbit are to Nesbit and Van Acker.
‘… victim of hallucinations’ statement on German radio, 12 May 1941, preserved in PRO, INF 1/912
‘… sufficient fuel’ Thomas (1979), pp. 40–5; Jackson (2000), p. 23
‘… land to refuel’ Jackson (2000), p. 23
‘… shot down’ Thomas (1979), p. 49
‘… 1,560 miles’ PPP (2001), p. 171
‘… 3869’ Bateman (1987), p. 4
‘… 3526’ Bateman (1987), p. 4
‘… NJ+OQ’ Thomas (1979), p. 50
‘… from the Clyde’ Nesbit (1999), pp. 96–7
‘… Schiphol’ Nesbit (1999), pp. 126–7
‘… Aalborg’ Jackson (2000), p. 23
‘… from Calais’ Svenska Dagbladet, 23 May 1941.
‘… Reinhard Heydrich’ Padfield (1991), p. 188, pp. 195–6; Nesbit (1999), pp. 128–31
‘… Adolf Galland’ Galland (1955), pp. 108–9
‘… prior authorisation’ Nesbit (1999), pp. 125–6
‘… American parts’ Deacon (1991), p. 304
‘… Double Standards’ PPP (2001), pp. 178–82; Nesbit (1999), p. 57
‘… at least September 1940’ Nesbit (1999), p. 33; PPP (2001), p. 131, p. 153
‘… abortive attempts’ Nesbit (1999), p. 40
‘… Lord Beaverbrook’ Padfield (1991), p. 292
‘… Operation Sealion’ PPP (2001), pp. 121–2, p. 168
‘… chiefly Mussolini’ PPP (2001), p. 168, p. 231
‘… knew and approved of’ PPP (2001), pp. 174–6
‘… paroxysm of rage’ Speer (1971), p. 174
‘… news calmly’ PPP (2001), p. 231
‘A letter which …’ PRO, INF 1/912
‘… driver, bodyguard’ PPP (2001), p. 231
; ‘… little punitive action’ PPP (2001), pp. 243–4
‘… comfortable quarters’ Nesbit (1999), p. 121
‘It is no coincidence …’ Pravda, 19 October 1942
‘… Myra Hess’ Nesbit (1999), p. 121
‘The Russians are …’ PRO, PREM 3/219/7, memo from Churchill to Sir Archibald Sinclair dated 6 April 1945
‘Anthony Cave Brown …’ Brown (1988), pp. 349–50
‘… Philip Knightley’ Independent on Sunday, 24 August 1997
‘… to KGB’ New York Times, 8 June 1991
‘… Joseph Goebbels’ Goebbels (1982), pp. 361–5
‘… a brilliant coup’ McCormick (1993), p. 94
‘Hess, however, presented …’ McCormick (1993), pp. 86–8
‘… a dummy dressed’ McCormick (1993), p. 90
‘… questioned by Crowley’ Deacon (1991), p. 305
‘… Maxwell Knight’ Masters (1984), pp. 126–9
‘… Louis de Wohl’ McCormick (1993), p. 89
‘Cast the horoscope …’ McCormick (1993), p. 88
‘… totally bizarre’ McCormick (1993), p. 91
‘As is well-known’ quoted by Howe (1967), p. 192
‘… ongoing peace negotiations’ PPP (2001), p. 165
‘… losing the war’ PPP (2001), p. 187
‘… Lloyd George’ PPP (2001), p. 187
‘… Lord Halifax’ PPP (2001), p. 88
‘… Lord Beaverbrook’ PPP (2001), p. 90
‘… Sir Samuel Hoare’ Newton (1996), p. 108; PPP (2001), pp. 87–8, p. 165
‘… Stewart Menzies’ Newton (1996), pp. 142–3
‘… Anglo German Fellowship’ PPP (2001). p. 145
‘… ample evidence’ PPP (2001), pp. 141–3
‘… a complicated task’ PPP (2001), p. 300
‘… proposed terms’ PPP (2001), p. 173, p. 307
‘… reduction in strength’ PPP (2001), p. 249, p. 334
‘When Rudolf Hess …’ Hansard (Commons) Vol 377, cols 594–5; PPP (2001), p. 311
‘… published in The Times’ reproduced in PPP (2001), pp. 143–4; pp. 148–9
‘… libel writs’ Nesbit (1999), p. 119; PPP (2001), pp. 245–7
‘… reception committee’ American Mercury, May 1943; PPP (2001), pp. 268–9
‘… Duke of Kent’ PPP (2001), p. 269
‘… a Polish contingent’ PPP (2001), pp. 272–3
‘… Albrecht Haushofer’ PPP (2001), pp. 139–41, p. 147
‘… his widow’ Padfield (1991), p. 354
‘Some have claimed …’ Nesbit (1999), p. 66
‘… a Bristol Beaufighter’ PPP (2001), p. 191, p. 268
‘… promoted as a crack’ PPP (2001), p. 237
‘Indeed rumours …’ PRO, INF 1/912; PPP (2001), p. 288
‘… van Paassen’ van Paassen (1941), p. 522
‘… ties with America’ PPP (2001), pp. 316–22
‘… last significant’ Ziegler (1995), pp. 179–80
‘… ruthlessly exploited’ PPP (2001). pp. 310–13
‘Three Spitfires …’ Nesbit (1999), pp. 62–3
‘… airborne Defiant’ Nesbit (1999), pp. 67–8
‘… was alerted’ MacLean (1999), pp. 137–40
‘… not scrambled’ Nesbit (1999), p. 67
‘… John Costello’ Costello (1991), pp. 5–10
‘Both statements are incorrect’ Nesbit (1999), p. 133
‘… two Czech’ PPP (2001), pp. 186–7
‘… American Mercury’ PPP (2001), p. 188
‘… no record of Srom’ PPP (2001), p. 187
‘… anywhere near Hess’ Nesbit (1999), p.134
‘… simply mistaken’ Nesbit (1999), pp. 134–6
‘… John McCowen’ Nesbit (1999), pp. 102–4; PPP (2001), pp. 309–10
‘… group of Poles’ PPP (2001), p. 354, p. 371
‘… an MI5 file’ PRO, KV237
‘… most celebrated proponent’ see also PPP (2001), p. 9
‘… Dr Hugh Thomas’ PPP (2001), pp. 357–8
‘… wounded twice’ Nesbit (1999), pp. 6–7
‘… major scars’ Thomas (1979), p.1 96
‘… Peter Waddell’ East Kilbride News, 23 June 1999
‘Three fingers …’ Kriegsarchiv, Munich. Quoted in PPP (2001), p. 358
‘… from Lord Willingdon’ PPP (2001), p. 366
‘His wife Ilse …’ Bateman (1987), p. 22
‘… Albert Speer’ Bateman (1987), p. 22
‘… Werner Maser’ Gazet van Antwerpen, 7 September 1987
‘… official version’ Nesbit (1999), pp. 115–7
‘… suicide note’ PPP (2001), p. 475
‘… over a balcony’ Bateman (1987), pp. 16–7
‘… with a breadknife’ Nesbit (1999), p. 110
‘… cut his wrists’ Nesbit (1999), p. 114
‘… seriously flawed’ Nesbit (1999), p. 140
‘… Abdallah Melaouhi’ Le Tissier (1994), pp. 101–4
‘… Le Tissier’ Le Tissier (1994), pp. 101–4
‘… pilot error’ Smith (1982), pp. 32–3
‘… drunkenness’ The Scotsman, 5 September 1985
‘… magnetic rocks’ Smith (1982), p. 32
‘… radio messages’ Smith (1982), p. 32
‘… the Duke himself’ Sunday Times, 24 March 1996
‘… their hypothesis’ PPP (2001), pp. 377–435
CHAPTER NINE
‘On January 26th …’ Morgan (1996), p. 31
‘… immense magnitude’ Cooper (1950), p. 149
‘… powerfully contributed’ Cooper (1950), p. 166
‘… threatened to state’ Jones (1978), p. 283
‘… in his cups’ Jones (1989), p. 280
‘… named Westphal’ Westphal (1951), p. 150n; Colvin (1953), p. 29; Montagu (1953), p. 13
‘… plunged very deeply’ Churchill (1948), p. 64
‘At my first …’ Jones (1978), p. 283. The meeting would have been in January 1953.
‘I had much sympathy …’ Jones (1989), p. 280
‘A barrister by …’ Morgan (1986), p. 10
‘… B Division of MI5’ Howard (1990), p. 89
‘… haversack ruse’ Wavell (1940), p. 202; (Official History) pp. 30–1; Aston (1930), pp. 191–8
‘… John Charteris’ Hayward (2002), pp. 121–3
‘In August 1942 …’ Young and Stamp (1989), pp. 61–3
‘… Fleming in Burma’ Young and Stamp (1989), pp. 220–5
‘On September 25th …’ Morgan (1986), p.4
‘… doubts remained’ Hoare (1946), pp. 175–6; Masterman (1972), p. 133; West (1981), p. 292
‘… Montagu maintained’ Morgan (1986), p. 4; p. 23.
‘… tram-standard’ Montagu (1953), p. 86
‘… opposite’ Sunday Express, February 1953
‘… slipped through the net’ Hooper (1987), p. 247
‘… Security Service eyebrows’ Hooper (1987), p. 98
‘… Hampshire Quarter’ Hooper (1987), p. 98
‘… Trinity College’ Rusbridger (1989), p. 176
‘… a film version’ Morgan (1986), pp. 2–3
‘A fragment … ‘ Howard (1990), p. 89
‘… The Big Lie’ White (1955), pp. 124–5
‘Shortly before …’ Masterman (1972), p. 133
‘… in Wells’ Morgan (1986), p. 3
‘… in Hackney’ Morgan (1986), p. 24
‘… Martin Gilbert’ Gilbert (1986), p. 405
‘In 1988 …’ Mail on Sunday, 4 December 1988
‘… The Intelligence Game’ Rusbridger (1989), p. 175–7
‘Gibbon eventually …’ After the Battle #100, p. 62
‘… ADM 223/794’ Morgan (1996), p. 31
‘At one time …’ Montagu (1953), pp. 25–6
‘… searched and searched’ Montagu (1977), p. 145
‘I gave a …’ Montagu (1977), p. 145
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��… a raft of legislation’ Morgan (1986), pp. 15–6
‘… various reasons’ Montagu (1953), p. 53
‘… in September 1961’ Jackson (1963), p. 312
‘Purchase insisted …’ Jackson (1963), p. 150. Jackson based his book on ‘many protracted conversations’ with Purchase, but observes that the coroner ‘soon began to embroider the part he played in the affair’ after it became public in 1953.
‘Although Barclay was …’ Morgan (1986), pp. 9–10
‘According to Masterman …’ Masterman (1972), pp. 137–8
‘The operation …’ Montagu (1953), p. 12
‘Montagu repeated …’ Montagu (1977), p. 150
‘… 1st Panzer Division’ Bennett (1989), p. 224
‘… to Corsica’ Bennett (1989), p. 225
‘… by July’ Bennett (1989), p. 226
‘Mussolini alone …’ Colvin (1953), p. 185
‘… ongoing and methodical’ Stripp (1996), pp. 4–5
‘… insufficient landing craft’ Bennett (1989), p. 223
‘bogus radio …’ Bennett (1994), p. 204
‘… Mediterranean convoys’ Montagu (1953), p. 112
‘Forceful objections …’ Bennett (1994), p. 203
‘Eisenhower later tried …’ Bennett (1994), p. 203
‘It can hardly …’ Colvin (1953), p. 190
‘While this courier …’ quoted in Howard (1990), p. 89
‘… highly competent’ Howard (1990), p. 89
‘… very active German agent’ Montagu (1953), p. 28
‘… Spanish naval headquarters’ MI4 analysis dated 22 October 1945 reproduced in Morgan (1986), p. 23
‘… straight to Madrid’ Montagu (1977), p. 150; Stripp (1996), p. 7
‘… absolutely convincing’ quoted in Howard (1990), p. 91
‘… above suspicion’ original document and translation in Morgan (1986), p. 22
CHAPTER TEN
‘… Mata Hari’ Cookridge (1948), pp. 41–4; Deacon (1991), p. 258
‘… Stewart Menzies’ Cave Brown (1976), p. 143
‘Some accounts …’ Abshagen (1956), p. 9
‘… the Royal Oak’ Deacon (1978), p. 155
‘… Reinhard Heydrich’ Brissaud (1973), p. 3
‘… Konstantin Kanaris’ Klemperer (1992), p. 23
‘… in Argentina’ Cookridge (1948), p. 47
‘… Nigel West’ West (1983), p. 199–201
‘… Andrew King’ Sunday Times, 16 October 1983
‘… Gisevius too’ West (1983), p. 364
‘… Sir Christopher Warner’ Colvin (1957)
‘British intelligence …’ Colvin (1951), p. 5
‘… living in Surrey’ Colvin (1951), pp. 89–92
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