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Duu-ioute by Iditon gxnilaoolo Oa YJ t1- The Information that w. archives captured at Tambach to the reaction that "Operation Mincemeat" produced from tke German High The result that we falned were far beyond our wildest hopes. four (ui Germans Our guess as to what the originally thought lite Allies were going to do iter Tunisia bad fallen had been right; and we had even underestimated the dlffleultlesfnfider -Oeneral Alexander that we were up against. We found copy of a message sent by the Germs High Command to their army In Tunisia In February of 1943 They had deelded that our next operation would be In the Mediterranean, and that It would be against one of the large Islands; they put the order of probability as Sicily first, with Crete second and Sardinia and Corilca following gtehlnd. Bo.

when we were gtatng our planning In London we were right in thinking that, from a' very early stage, the "Oermans would put Sicily at the head of the betting, and as our preparations grew to the" western Mediterranean Jey would have 'realised that xnose oouia not oe tor an as sault on Crete, with an unreduced 'Sicily barring the way. We had guessed right about but the message Included the statement "from reports coming in about Anglo- American-landing intentions it is apparent that the enemy Is practising deception on a large They were going to turn out to be accurate about that also, but bad the Chiefs of Staff known how alert the Oermans were for deception, I wonder whether we ever would have got permission to launch The documents reveal that this strategic appreciation was maintained right up to the beginning of May, IMS. And then, on the 8th May, the whole picture changed: the news of the capture of Major Martin's documents bad reach- td the High Command. The Fue. the 8th May an Intelligence appreciation must have reached the High Command, for we found the following document In the file Just after the appreciation dated the 14th May mentioned In the last chapter: Further to my 114441 dated SJ.4, following appreciation ha been nude on receipt of original material: A landing In the eastern and western Mediterranean on a.

fairly large scale is fa) Target of the operation eastern Mediterranean under Oeneral Wilson Is iha coast near Xalamata and the stretch of coast south of Cape Arexos (both on the west coast of the Peloponnese). The reinforced Mtb Infantry Division is detailed for the landing at Kala-mata and the reinforced 8th Infantry Division at Cape It is not known whether, both divisions will lahd In force or in part only. la the first Instance, a lapse of at least 3-1 weeks would be required as the 56th Division on t.8.41 was engaged at EnfldavlUe with two brigades and must first be rested and embarked. This solution, which embraces a certain delay before the landing can take place, appears to be the more -probable from, the way In which the letter Is written. However, if the landing is.

to ba effected by only eertaln units of both divisions, it could be made at any time, as one brigade of the Mth Division and l-I brigades of the 9th Division are probably already in me actual start ing-area (Egypt-Libya). Code-name for the landing on the Peloponnese Is "husky- Th Anglo-American Oeneral Staff naa proposed a almultanomu -operation against Wot (XIII) kMk TH MAN WHO VI WAS. gleaned from the German natal wa equally revealing with retard Dodecanese to Oeneral Wilson Wilson's decision thereon was not yet taken on 11 4.41. for the operation the western. Mediterranean Is not mentioned.

A Joking ref erence in letter points to Sardinia. Code-name for this operation Is The proposed cover target for operation "BRIMSTONE" Is 8iclly. 1. Maintenance of complef- est secrecy over this discovery ana utmost limitation of cir culation of this Information is essential. On a point of detail, this document gave me great pleasure.

I had already congratulated myself that the German agent In Madrid bad bothered to send on a codv of the Htm Ingly unimportant letter from Lord Louis Mountbatten to Admiral Cunningham, unlike his' treatment of the eauallv unimportant letter to Oeneral Elsenhower. Was it became) of the hint that we thought had failed at Dieppe? But Paragraph 1 (b) of this appre ciation snowed that my heavy footed Joss about sardines bad gone home "a Joking refer ence In the letter points to Sar it was not the same letter, but that can be excused In an appreciation of this kind. The German sense of humor Is a great asset Hitler's Move. The German Intelligence service naa swallowed the le ceptlon: now the High Command accepted this view. It may weU be that we have Hitler to thank for this, for we know, rrom tne diary of Admiral Doe lute's conferences with the Fuehrer, that by the Mth May Miner was convinced of the genuineness of the documents.

and what they foretold. For Doenlts had been sent to Italy to try to stiffen Mussolini after the North African disasters, and he reported to Hitler on his way back to his own headquar ters before be himself had seen the documents; In reply to a question by Hitler as to Mussolini's views on "Amlo- Amerlcaa be re ported that the Duce was convinced that- we would attack Sicily; and here Is his record of Hitler's reply: The Fuehrer does not aeree with Duce that the most likely Invasion point Is Sicily. Furthermore, be believes that the discovered Anglo-Saxon order confirms the assumption that tne planned attack will be di rected mainly against Sardinia and the Peloponnesus. It is clear that Hitler was completely sold on the Idea that we were Intending to land in Greece and, now that he had come to this conclusion, he stuck firmly to it. So much so that, on the 13rd July, newly a lonnignt arter tne Allied land ing in Sicily.

Hitler still believed that the main operation was going to be an Invasion of Greece, and appointed bis favorite general. Oeneral Rom mel, to command the forces that were being assembled there. On the 25th July Rom mel fleW to Oreece. whence be bad to be hurriedly recalled to usee over the command in Italy and rally the defence of that country after the fall of Mussolini. But it would be unfair to out too mucn Diame on Hitler, on the very came day that Hitler had corrected the Duce's opin ion, tne I4tb May, the Official War Diary of the German Naval High Command recorded the fact that the Oeneral Staff of the Army had come to the definite conclusion that the documents were genuine: they concluded that the assault would be on Sardinia, but that FAST and FREQUENT DAILY FLIGHTS Winnipeg 7 hrs, Csltnrjr 12 hrs.

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Prince Charles and Princess Anne. It was the Queen's first visit to the Island since 1950 when she Came here for a brief reunion with her husband, then In command of the British Frigate Magpie. The. Royal Maltese Artillery fired a 11-gun salute from the ancient forts of St Angela, St Elmo and 8t. Phoenicia and church bells across the island pealed as the Royal yacht Britannia steamed into the harbor.

The Royal Family waved from the bridge as British air force let fighters roared over head in salute. Troops of the British gar-and the the rison presented arms massed bands played national anthem when Queen stepped ashore. The Queen and Duke are making the last leg of their global tour of the Commonwealth aboard the Britannia. The yacht carried the two children to North Africa for the reunion with their 4,000 Canadians Start Exercises In Germany SOLTAU, Germany, May 1 CP Troops of the 1st Cana dian Infantry Brigade group today swung Into field exer cises designed to test their efficiency as a fighting unit More than 4,000 Canadian troops launched Exercise High Oear first of three tests which will. end in two weeks with the Canadian force matching its strength against the 7th British Armored Division.

The tests, carried out under the direction of the brigade's Montreal-born com mander. Brig. W. A. B.

Ander son, are the first conducted at battalion and brigade- level since the force arrived In Oer- many last November. Special observer at today's exercise was Lt-Oen. Guy O. Slmonds, chief of the Canadian Oeneral Staff, who arrived la there might be a diversionary attack on Sicily. (Tomorrow; Dttrtdends from "Operation CONNOR WASHERS Sold in Ottawa by 0PME5 S-4U1 1714179 Sparks St.

that yea just threw?" Larry Nevins Ex-Newspaperman Paid Last Tribute Final tribute to the memory or Larry Nevins. greatly esteem ed resident or Ottawa was paid at bis funeral held this morn ing from the Wbelaa funeral parlors to St Patrick's Church. Mr. Nevins bad been on the editorial staff of the. Ottawa Free Press and for a number of year had been telegraph editor.

He was 78. Cartler Assembly and Ottawa Council, Knights of Columbus, were represented at the funeral. Rev. Wilfred Nevins, pastor of the Church of Our Lady of Vic tory, Buckingham, a cousin, chanted the solemn requiem high mass. Rev.

A. Ferguson and Rev. T. J. Cawley were deacon and subdeacon.

Msgr. George Prudhomme was In the sanctuary. Chief mourners were two listen, Miss Bertha Nevins, and Mrs. Rose Dadey. Among, those paying final tribute of respect were Lieut Col.

J. A. Gillies, T. O. Lowrey.

Allan Martin. J. P. Molough- ney, Alderman Journeaux, L. B.

Doyle, Larry O'Connor, James Klggins, Gerry Murtagh, Austin Brady, D. J. W. q. Ketchum, Charles Graham John Martin.

Oeorge 8hlelds, W. J. Mooney. Father Cawley and Father Nevins said the prayers at the graveside In Notre Dame cemetery. Germany Saturday after at tending North Atlantic Treaty Organization exercises for Su preme Headquarters, Allied Powers in Europe (SHAPE) commanders in Paris.

He re turns to Paris tonight Two controllers. Major Andy Mills of Ottawa and Capt Geof Costello Calgary, and 25 umpires under- Major J. R. Plccard of Cornwall, Ont. oversee the exercises which are carried out under simulated battle conditions In this British training area, 10 miles south of Hamburg.

BOMB TARGET? WINNIPEG Cr winnl peg would be "an attractive target" for an enemy in the event of an atomic war. Prof. A S. R. Tweedie of the Uni versity of Manitoba's extension department told a forum on civil defence.

mi ONE STORE ONLX W286 I VSvF Lost in Dense Bush Three-year-old Plays Hide-seek BAULT 8TB MARIE, May CM A three-year-, old girl, lost In dense bush on St Joseph's Island for five hours Saturday night, ended a 100-man search Sunday by playing I hide-and-seek with ber uncle. Linda Oreig, daughter of Dr. and- Mrs. C. Herbert Oreig.

of Sault Ste Marie, refused to be found until she bad played the game with Vernon Rltsel as be pushed through the underbrush with a flashlight Calling out JrTto then darting off behind another tree, the little girl kept Rltsel on the run for several minutes. Linda apparently wandered into the bush after ber young playmates left ber by the Island shore about pjn. Saturday. She had been staying at ber parents'-cottage on the Island. Deaths HOLLYWOOD.

Arthur Jesses Johnston, composer of many, popular tunes and pianist for Irving Berlin for some 30 years. TORONTO David Y. Merrick, retired assistant general manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia. DUBLIN Edward T. McCar-raa, chairman of Aer Llngus, the Irish airline, and of the Irish Shipping Company.

TORONTO James P. Ntool, 59, prominent In Canadian labor circles and manager of Industrial relations for Oair Company of Canada, Ltd. WINNIPEG Cordea Harold Alklnt, 67, prominent in law and business and a past president of the Canadian Bar Association. BEVERLY HILLS. CaUf.

Hyman Breea, 65, father of Toronto-born singer Bobby Breen. PITTSBURGH Dr. Alfred B. Cratty, 90. former sports editor of the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph who quite the news paper business at the age of 43 to study medicine'.

DAYTON. Ohio Rey D. Moore, 66, bead of the Brush-Moore Newspapers, com prising eight newspapers and two radio stations. Eugene Brtsboia Solemn requiem nigh mass for Eugene Brisbols, 44, of Wakefield, who died in hospital last Wednesday after a lengthy Illness, chanted in the parish church at 8t Cecils de Saturday morning. Interment, was made In Notre Dame cemetery.

Hull. Native of Ottawa, Mr. Bris bols was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Brisbols, Wakefield, and husband of the former Beatrice Phillips, whom be married In Ottawa In 1937.

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Key Clubs Elect Fisher Park Students Jim Corbett and Richmond Wilson, students at Fisher Park High School, were elected officers of Ontario Eastern. Quebec and Maritime Region of Key Clubs of Canada at the convention held recently Windsor. Mr. Corbett Is the new governor of the region, with Mr. Wilson as lieutenant governor.

Twelve representations of Fisher Park attended the contention. EASTREA, England. CP) I Council of this Cambridge shire village will let residents of Cow-Way avenue choose a more dignified name for their street. Ridcau aataa a A a a I. a ssea eeasr to ceatr I 1 1 7 I' ll 'U' David A.

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