University of Sheffield Library. Special Collections and Archives

Ref: MS 418 (1)

Title: Dilks Papers: S.O.E. documents

Scope: Research papers, correspondence and transcripts of Professor David Dilks relating to his research project on former S.O.E. operatives between 2002 and 2004.

Dates: 1940-2004

Level: Fonds

Extent: 6 boxes

Name of creator: David Dilks

Administrative / biographical history:

The collection consists of full transcripts of interviews with 15 former members of S.O.E. recorded between 2002 and 2004, along with supporting correspondence, news cuttings, obituaries and reports.

David Dilks is a historian, the official biographer of Neville Chamberlain and author of the two-volume Curzon in India and The Great Dominion: Winston Churchill in Canada 1900-1954. He was for many years Professor of International History at the University of Leeds and subsequently Vice Chancellor of the University of Hull between 1991 and 1999.

Source: Donated by Professor Dilks in 2011

System of arrangement: By category

Subjects: Great Britain. Special Operations Executive; World War, 1939-1945 – Secret Service – Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945 – Underground movements

Names: Dilks, David, 1938-

Conditions of access: Available to all researchers, by appointment

Restrictions: Some documents restricted

Copyright: According to document

Finding aids: Listed

MS 418 Dilks Papers

Section 1 S.O.E. archives

Box 1 S.O.E. Project Interviews with F. Cammaerts, , J. Bright Astley, M. Jackson and others

1/1/1 David Dilks letter explaining the project, suggested by Dodds-Parker, to explore the lives of former SOE operatives, via the use of interviews, articles, transcripts, newspapers and books. Project was in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum and the Second World War Experience Centre in Leeds. Ts. 1 l.

1/1/2 Mrs. J. Bright Astley (1): Transcript of a conversation between Mrs. Joan Bright Astley and David Dilks, dated 17 Jan 2002, at the Special Forces Club. Ts. 30l.

1/1/3 Mrs. J. Bright Astley (2): Transcript of a conversation between Mrs. Joan Bright Astley and David Dilks, dated 25 Mar 2003, at the Special Forces Club. Ts. 14 l.

1/1/4 M. Francis Cammaerts: Transcript of a conversation between M. Francis Cammaerts and David Dilks, dated 17 Sep 2002, at Le Pouget. Ts. 41 l.

R 1/1/5 M. Francis Cammaerts: Transcript of an interview with M. Francis Cammaerts, 17 Sep 2002. At DD’s request, not to be opened until 1 Jan 2017.

1/1/6 Mr. J. Darton: Transcript of an interview between Mr. J. Darton and David Dilks, 23 Jan 2002, at the Special Forces Club. Ts. 16 l. Also includes biographical information on James Harwood Darton. Ts. 6 l.

R 1/1/7 Mr. J. Darton: Transcript of an interview with Mr J. Darton. At DD’s request, not to be opened until 1 Jan 2017

1/1/8 Mr. R. Ferrier: Transcript of a conversation between Mr Robert Ferrier and David Dilks, 22 May 2003, at the Special Forces Club. Ts. 18 l.

1/1/9 Lord Gibson: Transcript of a conversation between Lord Gibson and David Dilks, 26 Feb 2004, London. Ts. 7 l.

1/1/10 Sir A. Glen (1): Transcript of a conversation between Sir Alexander Glen and David Dilks, 13 Apr 2002, at the Dower House. Ts. 13 l.

1/1/11 Sir A. Glen (2): Transcript of a conversation between Sir Alexander Glen and David Dilks, 17 Mar 2003, at Stanton. Ts. 17 l.

R 1/1/12 Transcript of a second interview with Sir Alexander Glen. At DD’s request, not to be opened until 1 January 2026

1/1/13 Mr. S. Grady: Transcript of a tape recorded in Greece by Mr. S. Grady, April 2002. Ts. 10 l. Also includes a list of clandestine operations during the German occupation of France. Photocopy. 3 l.

1/1/14 Miss M. Jackson: Transcript of a conversation between Miss Margaret Jackson and David Dilks, 23 Jul 2003, at Sydenham. Ts. 38 l. Also includes is photocopied material related to Miss Jackson (newspaper articles, maps of occupied Europe, Sir Colin Gubbins’s obituary, SOE chain of command illustrations and an extract from Skis against the Atom. Photocopies. 19 l. Also includes cover sheet from DD giving further information about the interview. Ts. 1 l.

1/1/15 Mr. R. Laming: Transcript of tapes recorded by Mr. R.J. Laming, Waimate, New Zealand, in July 2003. Ts. 32 l. Also includes extracts from a letter from R.J. Laming, June 2003, notes to accompany the transcript dated Sep 2003, and notes from a letter from RJL dated Jan 2005. Ts. 3 l.

1/1/16 Miss V. Long: Transcript of a conversation between Miss Vera Long and David Dilks, 29 Jan 2002, in London. Ts. 9 l.

1/1/17 Mr. L. Macey: Transcript of a conversation between Mr. L. Macey and David Dilks, 8 Apr 2003 at Sudbury. Ts. 13 l. Also includes notes by Macey of memories of Cdr Holdsworth during the period between September 1941 and 1942, Jun 2003. Ts. 1 l.

1/1/18 Mr. E. Van Maurik: Transcript of a conversation between Mr. E. Van Maurik and David Dilks, 21 Jan 2002, at the Special Forces Club. Ts. 14 l.

1/1/19 Sir Brooks Richards: Transcript of a conversation between Sir Brooks Richards and David DIlks, 15 Jan 2002, at the Special Forces Club. Ts. 11 l.

R 1/1/20 Sir Brooks Richards: Brown envelope labelled “Sir Brooks Richards. To be withheld indefinitely”.

1/1/21 Mr. R. Rubinstein: Transcript of a conversation between Mr. R. Rubenstein and David Dilks, 6 Apr 2004, at the Special Forces Club. Ts. 17 l. Also includes notes by DD relating to Mr. R. Rubinstein, ts. 1 l., and a copy of an article written for private circulation by Mr Arthur Brown, ts. 26 l., and a photocopied typescript ‘Reindeer’, 11 l.0

R 1/1/22 Mr. R. Rubinstein: Brown envelope labelled ‘Mr. R. Rubenstein’. At DD’s request, not to be opened until 1 Jan 2015

1/1/23 Wing Commander G. Trevains: Transcript of a conversation between Wing Commander G. Trevains and David Dilks, 17 Aug 2003, in Leicestershire. Ts. 6 l. Also includes a photocopied typescript entitled ‘The R.A.F. at Helford’, 3 l., and a photocopied typescript on ‘The Helford Flotilla ( Radio)’, 12 l.

Box S.O.E. 2

1/2/1 Ms. note from David Dilks, dated 20 Nov 2012, providing information on the contents of the box

1/2/2 Bibliography. Set of bibliographical references provided by DD. Ms. 20 l.

1/2/3 Mackenzie Papers, including: 1/2/3/1 Newspaper cutting of letters from the Glasgow Herald 28 Oct 1986 titled ‘Who Shot down the liberators’. Photocopy. 1 l. 1/2/3/2 Appendix D from unidentified book, containing report from 1946 by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten. Photocopy pp. 249-253 1/2/3/3 Typescript page from Terence O’Brien’s ‘Mackenzie’ file. DD believes it to be the first draft of his obituary notice for Mackenzie for The Times. Ts. 2 l. 1/2/3/4 Photocopy of newscutting from The Times of Terence O’Brien’s obituary for Colin Mackenzie, 23 Dec 1986. 2 l. 1/2/3/5 ‘Secret supplement to report to the Combined Chiefs of Staff by the Supreme Allied Commander South-East Asia 1943-46’. Photocopy. 20 l. 1/2/3/6 Photocopy of handwritten notes for ‘Chapter 8’. 6 l. 1/2/3/7 Newscutting of obituary from The Times of Brigadier John Anstey, 17 Oct 2000. Photocopy. 1 l. 1/2/3/8 Newscutting of article from Glasgow Herald titled ‘Secret war of Force 136’, 28 Oct 1986. Photocopy. 2 l. 1/2/3/9 Account titled ‘Force 136’, believed by DD to have been by Mackenzie. Photocopied ts. 23 l. 1/2/3/10 Account of ‘Colin Mackenzie’s talk on tape’, 23 Sep 1984. Photocopied ts. 3 l. 1/2/3/11 ‘Short report on S.O.E. India mission - later Force 136 - activities. October 11th 1941 – November 15th 1945’. Signed by Colin Mackenzie and marked ‘Secret’. Nov 1946. Photocopied ts. 9 l. 1/2/3/12 Transcript of an interview with Colin Mackenzie on his background, education and soldierly operations (Force 136). Photocopied ts. 35 l. 1/2/3/13 Extract from chapter 15 from Gubbins & SOE by Peter Wilkinson Joan Bright Astley. Mackenzie is mentioned. Photocopy, pp. 183-191, 217 1/2/3/14 Transcript of a conversation between Franklin Gollings and Colin Mackenzie, 29 Nov 1986. Includes ms. explanatory note by DD. Photocopied ts. 42 l.

1/2/4 Research materials - ‘Resistance in Northern France, especially Lille 1940-44. Col Natalis Dumez’: 1/2/4/1 Cover sheet by DD providing some background to his research. Ts. 1 l.

1/2/4/2 La Voix du Nord, et du Pas de-Calais: Le mensonge reculera by Natalis Dumez. Photocopy. 95 l. 1/2/4/3 Leaflet: France Combattante - Réseau Sylvestre – farmer (ex W.O.) de l’Action Buckmaster - S.O.E. de Londres. Photocopy. 5 l. 1/2/4/4 Magazine article on Stephen Grady, in French. Photocopy. 1 l. 1/2/4/5 ‘A “Diehard” in the Resistance: Le Capitaine Michel’ by John Laffin, article from British Army Review No. 68 August 1981, pp. 15-27. Photocopy. 13 l.

1/2/5 P.R.O. (Public Record Office) papers about Foxley and Periwig: 1/2/5/1 Cover sheet by DD providing information on these P.R.O. files, as well as other potentially useful P.R.O. records, such as HS 6/178, KV 6/10, FO 898/356. Ts. 2 l. 1/2/5/2 Photocopy of P.R.O. file HS 6/623, 20 Jun 1944, relating to Operation Foxley (the plot to kill Hitler). Includes potential operational activities as well as correspondence with the Prime Minister. 26 l. 1/2/5/3 Photocopy of P.R.O. file FO 898/354, Mar 1945, relating to Operation Periwig (Methods of breaking the German will to resist). 7 l. 1/2/5/4 Photocopy of P.R.O. file 898/355, 4 Dec 1944, relating to Operation Periwig. 17 l.

1/2/6 ‘S.O.E. in S.E. Asia’ (Unpublished official history, P.R.O.): 1/2/6/1 Photocopy of P.R.O. file CAB 102/653, an extensive clandestine document on general operations, politics, materials and geography with regards to SOE in South- East Asia. Areas mentioned include: Burma, India, Siam, French Indo-China, Malaya , Sumatra, Japan and the Oriental mission. Also includes a brief report on the Japanese threat. 32 l. 1/2/6/2 Photocopy of P.R.O. file FO 800/300, a top secret proposal to send an agent to work with Chinese Communist committees in North West China. 2 l.

1/2/7 ‘Material from Ottawa about some Canadians who served with SOE’: 1/2/7/1 CAZA, Captain Roger Mark, MBE. Wireless operator dropped into southern France (Feb 1944) and Malaya (March 1945). Wounded in Ceylon in April 1945 and flown home. Includes biographical information and correspondence. Ts. & photocopies. 15 l.

1/2/7/2 PILON, Roger Marcel. Includes biographical information, copies of service documents. Photocopies. 24 l. 1/2/7/3 d’ARTOIS, Guy. Includes obituaries, biographical information, correspondence. Photocopies. 18 l.

1/2/7/4 DUMAIS, Lucien. Includes brief mention of activities. Photocopies. 2 l.

1/2/7/5 LaBrosse, Raymond. Obituaries and biographical information. Photocopies. 5 l. 1/2/7/6 Uncommon courage: Canadian secret agents in the Second World War. Produced and distributed by Public Affairs Division, Veterans Affairs Canada ,Ottowa (1985). Photocopy. 18 l.

1/2/8 ‘Papers relating to the crisis of Sept 1943 (P.R.O.)’ 1/2/8/1 Photocopy of P.R.O. file CAB 79/64(1): minutes of a meeting of the War Cabinet Chiefs of Staff Committee, 14 Sep 1943. 2 l.

1/2/8/2 Photocopy of P.R.O. file CAB 79/64(2): item on S.O.E. operations in Middle East, 8 Sep 1943. 2 l. 1/2/8/3 Photocopy of P.R.O. file CAB 80/74(1): Memorandum by the Foreign Office on ‘S.O.E. organisation in the Balkans and the Middle East’, 10 Sep 1943. 12 l. 1/2/8/4 Photocopy of P.R.O. file CAB 80/74(2): Note by the Chairman of the Middle East Defence Committee meeting on ‘S.O.E. organisation in the Balkans and the Middle East’, 7 Sep 1943. 7 l. 1/2/8/5 Photocopy of P.R.O. file CAB 80/56: Memorandum to War Cabinet Chiefs of Staff Committee on ‘Subversive activities in relation to strategy of S.O.E.’, 25 Nov 1940. 5 l. 1/2/8/6 Photocopy of P.R.O. file CAB 69/5(1): Minutes of War Cabinet Defence Committee (Operations) meeting, 14 Sep 1943. 5 l. 1/2/8/7 Photocopy of TNA (The National Archives) file CAB 69/5(2): Note to War Cabinet Defence Committee (Operations) meeting on the ‘Reorganisation of S.O.E. in Cairo’ by the Minister of Production, 21 Sep 1943. 3 l. 1/2/8/8 Photocopy of TNA file CAB 69/5(3): Memorandum to War Cabinet Defence Committee (Operations) meeting on the ‘Reorganisation of S.O.E. in Cairo’ by the Minister of Economic Warfare, 23 Sep 1943. 2 l. 1/2/8/9 Photocopy of TNA file HS3/153: correspondence and documents relating to S.O.E. in the Middle East, Sep 1943. 13 l.

R 1/2/9 ‘Copyright letters’: 10 letters from DD to the following people: Dick Laming, S.T. Grady, Francis Cammaerts, E. Van Maurik, Dawn Schwartz, J. Bright Astley, David Malan, Robert Ferrier, Sir Francis Richards, Wing Commander Gerry Trevains, acknowledging their assistance with the SOE project. All dated 14 Apr 2006. Ts. 11 l.

Box S.O.E. 3

1/3/1 Sir Douglas Dodds-Parker 1/3/1/1 Cover sheet by DD providing guidance on the use of the Dodds-Parker papers. Ms. & ts. 2 l. 1/3/1/2 Extract from Military Affairs Feb 1970 concerning the North African invasion and the S.O.E. Photocopy. 3 l. 1/3/1/3 Correspondence between DDP and Sir Peter Wilkinson, Oct-Nov 1996. Ts. 2 l. Also includes article by Michael McConville, ‘Knight’s move in Bosnia and the British rescue of Tito: 1944’, from RUSI Journal Dec 1997. Photocopy. 5 l. 1/3/1/4 Typescripts:

- ‘Summary of some Parliamentary Groups, between the SOE (clandestine) and the Regular Forces’, dated 1997. 1 l.

- ‘1946/8. Resurrection of Special Operations’, dated 1995. 1 l.

- ‘Communism in the UK post WWII 1945/51’. 1 l. - Two untitled sheets. 2 l. - ‘Need to define the place of Special Operations in the

21st Century’. Draft, dated 12 Sep 1995. 1 l. (2 copies) - ‘An Account, in brief, of the creation of the Special

Forces Club (SFC), following the demise of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). 3 l.

- ‘The SF Club, FANY and the SAS, 1975/1999’, dated Jan 199. 1 l.

Newspaper cuttings: - ‘Britain feared rebirth of Nazism in Hungary’, from The

Times 10 Jun 1995. Photocopy. 2 l. - ‘Celebrity team used in secret anti-Soviet campaign’,

from The Times 17 Aug 1995. Photocopy. 2 l. - ‘How Labour kept Stalin at bay’, from The Times 18 Aug

1995. Photocopy. 2 l. R 1/3/1/5 Correspondence between DDP and Duncan Stuart

(Foreign & Commonwealth Office) and Robin Butler (Cabinet Office), dated 1997 and 2000. Also includes paper entitled ‘Darlan’. Ts. 7 l. 1/3/1/6 Newscutting from The Times 2 Feb 2000 entitled ‘A sad Hello to Tony Blair’s baby-talk’ by Anthony Howard, which refers to DDP. 1 l.

R 1/3/1/7 Two letters from DDP concerning Darlan, one to Major General Evelyn Webb-Carter , the second a memorandum without address, both dated Mar 2000. Ts. 2 l. 1/3/1/8 Cover sheet by DD explaining the conditions under which DDP’s papers can be made available, dated 24 Nov 2002. Ts. 1 l.

1/3/1/9 ‘Recording of a paper written by Sir Douglas Dodds- Parker’, with cover sheet by DD dated 5 Dec 2002. Ts. 14 l. 1/3/1/10 ‘The Independent Companies’ (extract from ‘Conversations with an author’), with cover sheet by DD giving its provenance, dated 12 Dec 2003. Ts. 6 l. (2 copies) 1/3/1/11 Letter from Aileen Dodds-Parker enclosing handwritten comments of Douglas D-P on the Massingham mission in Algeria 1942-1944, 15 Jan 2006. Ms. 3 l. Also includes photocopy of article by Martin Thomas, ‘The Massingham Mission: SOE in French North Africa, 1941-1944’, from Intelligence and National Security Vol. 11 No. 4, Oct 1996, pp. 696-721. 12 l. 1/3/1/12 Email correspondence between DD, Aileen and Douglas DP, Apr 2006. Ts. 1 l.

1/3/2 Typescripts and correspondence of Sir Douglas Dodds-Parker, with cover sheet by DD concerning his making copies of the documents. Includes ‘SOE management 1943/4 in the Mediterranean’, correspondence with Chris Woods, ‘By May 1943, Massingham was all set for action…’ 12 l.

1/3/3 Typescripts and correspondence of Sir Douglas Dodds-Parker re. Admiral Darlan. Includes typescript on Darlan, copy of extract from Military Affairs (see 1/3/1/2 above), correspondence with Brooks Richards, Pierre Raynaud. 14 l.

R 1/3/4 Sir Douglas Dodds-Parker correspondence file, including: 1/3/4/1 Correspondence between DDP and Sir Alastair Aird, Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Dated Jul 1998 & Jan-Feb 2001. Photocopies. 6 l. 1/3/4/2 Letter from Sir Ralph Anstruther, Equerry to the Queen Mother, dated Oct [1995?]. Photocopy. 1 l. 1//3/4/3 Correspondence between DDP and Sir Richard Wilson, Secretary of the Cabinet, dated Jan-Mar 2000. Photocopies. 5 l. 1/3/4/4 Typescripts relating to North Africa and to Darlan, along with copies of letters to DDP from the Marquess of Salisbury, 29 Nov 1952; Jock Colville, Assistant Private Secretary to Sir Winston Churchill, 5 Apr 1955; Harold Macmillan, 15 Apr 1955; and between Lord Swinton and Anthony Eden, Apr 1955. Photocopies. 7 l. 1/3/4/5 Extracts relating to Special Forces Club & Prince Charles. Photocopies. 3 l. 1/3/4/6 Correspondence between DD and DDP, from Jul 2001 to Apr 2006. Ts. 52 l. 1/3/4/7 Correspondence between DDP and David Boardman of Carlton Television Ltd., Dec 1999 –Mar 2000. Photocopies. 6 l.

1/3/4/8 Typescript ‘Notes on experience of some Special Operations organisations 1933/1943’ by DDP, Jan 1997. 3 l. 1/3/4/9 Letter from DDP to Dr. David Stafford of Edinburgh University, 27 Oct 1995. Includes typescripts ‘Contributions’ and ‘The difficulties of SOE with SIS (and Communism). 5 l.

1/3/5 Article ‘A Diehard in the Resistance: Le Capitaine Michel’, by John Laffin, from British Army Review No. 68, Aug 1981. Photocopy. 7 l.

1/3/6 Sur les chemins du B.O.A., les pavés se souviennent: le Bureau des Opérations Aériennes (Région A – Valenciennois et Avesnois) by Danièle Lheureux. (Lille: Éditions Publi-Nord, 1994)

1/3/7 Les Réseaux Action de la France Combattante, 1940-1944 (Amicale des Réseaux Action de la France Combattante, 1986). Accompanied by ms. letter to Sir Douglas Dodds-Parker from Beatrice Bonnafous, 17 Nov 2001

1/3/8 La Résistance <<Action-Buckmaster>>, Sylvestre-Farmer, avec le capitaine <<Michel>> by Danièle Lheureux (Roubaix: Editions Le Geai Bleu, 2001) Includes ms. note by the author to DD

1/3/9 La Resistance <<Action-Buckmaster>>, Sylvestre-Farmer, après le capitaine <<Michel>>’ by Daniele Lheureux (Roubaix: Editions Geai Bleu, 2002) Includes ms. note by the author to DD

1/3/10 Ms. note from Daniele Lheureux to DD with fliers for the two books above, 14 Nov 2002. 3 l.

R Box S.O.E. 4 Correspondence with the subjects of DD’s interviews (1)

1/4/1 Cover sheet provided by DD, concerning the material in this box. Dated 20 Nov 2012. Ms. 1 l.

1/4/2 Rubenstein 1/4/2/1 Cover sheet from DD explaining the reason for withholding parts of his interview with Rubinstein until the end of 2014, with two sheets of the interview transcript attached, 14 May 2004. Ts. 3 l. 1/4/2/2 Photocopy of TNA file HS7/104 ‘Consolidated report on operations in Burma’. 4 l. 1/4/2/3 Correspondence between DD and Dick Rubinstein, 6 Jan 2004 – 23 May 2004, including DR’s ms. transcript of a recording. Ts. & ms. 16 l. 1/4/2/4 Correspondence between DD and Dick Rubinstein, Jan 2005. Ts. & ms. 5 l.

1/4/3 David Malan Correspondence between DD and Dr. David Malan, 11 Jan 2002 – 26 May 2006. Ts. & ms. 18 l.

1/4/4 van Maurik Correspondence between DD and Ernest van Maurik, 14 Dec 2001 – 18 Feb 2003. Ts. & ms. 10 l.

1/4/5 Richards Correspondence between DD and Sir Brooks Richards and Francis Richards, 5 Nov 2001 – 13 May 2006. Ts. & ms. 19 l. Includes obituary of Sir Brooks Richards from the Daily Telegraph 14 Sep 2002

1/4/6 Trevains Correspondence between DD and Gerry Trevains, 9 Apr 2003 – 25 Apr 2006. Ts. & ms. 11 l.

1/4/7 Macey Correspondence between DD and Len Macey, 20 Mar 2003 – 6 Apr 2006. Ts. & ms. 28 l. Also includes photocopied obituary of Joel Letac (1 l.); typescript ‘Some references to Mutin during 1940-45’ (8 l.); photocopied references to the Mutin in Brooks Richards’ book Secret flotillas (12 l.); spare copy of transcript of interview with Len Macey, 8 Apr 2003 (14 l.)

1/4/8 Laming Correspondence between DD and Dick Laming, Jun 2003 – July 2006. Ts. & ms. 28 l. Also includes photocopied ms. letter from Charles F.M. Laming to ‘Mr. Stuart’, dated 24 Dec 1996 (14 l.); spare copy of transcript of interview with Dick Laming, July 2003 (32 l.)

1/4/9 Long Correspondence between DD and Vera Long, 7 Nov 2001 – 4 Feb 2002. Ts & ms. 12 l. Includes notes of conversation between DD and VL, 14 Nov 2001

1/4/10 Jackson Correspondence with, and newscuttings, photocopies and documents relating to, Margaret Jackson. Ts., ms. & photocopy

1/4/11 Holdsworth Correspondence and documents relating to Gerry and Mary Holdsworth. Ts. & photocopy

1/4/12 Gubbins Photocopied and ts. documents relating to Major Gen. Sir Colin Gubbins, and correspondence with Lady Gubbins, Jan – Mar 2002

1/4/13 Grady Correspondence with, and ts. and photocopied documents relating to, Stephan Grady

1/4/14 Glen Correspondence between DD and Sir Alexander Glen, Nov 2001 – Oct 2003. Ts. & ms.

1/4/15 Ferrier Correspondence between DD and Robert Ferrier, May-Jul 2003. Ts. & ms. 10 l.

1/4/16 Gibson Correspondence between DD and Lord Gibson, Mar 2004. 3 l.

1/4/17 Gimpel Correspondence with, and documents relating to Mrs. K. Gimpel. Ts., ms. & photocopy

1/4/18 Darton Correspondence with and documents relating to James Darton, Ts. & ms.

1/4/19 Carter Correspondence between DD and Derek Carter, Apr 2003 – Jan 2005. Ts. & ms.

Box S.O.E. 5 Correspondence with the subjects of DD’s interviews (2)

1/5/1 Astley (supplementary papers) 1/5/1/1 Explanatory note provided by DD, dated 27 May 2006 &

20 Nov 2012. Ms. 1 l. 1/5/1/2 Joan Bright Astley’s diary ‘Making a Biography’, Jun 1976 –

Jun 1983, kept while she was collecting material for her book Gubbins & SOE. Ts. 56 l. (3 copies)

1/5/2 SOE materials 1/5/2/1 Magazine article , called ‘The brains of F section’ by M.R.D.

Foot, from The Spectator 28 May 2005 p. 42. Printed. 1 l. 1/5/2/2 Obituary of Ivor Porter, from The Daily Telegraph 19 Jun

2012. Printed. 1 l. 1/5/2/3 Obituary of Sir Carol Mather, from The Daily Telegraph 5

Jul 2006. Printed. 1 l. 1/5/2/4 ‘… And 51 locomotives were destroyed’. Article by E.H.

Cookridge on S.O.E., from The Sunday Telegraph Magazine [6 Jun 1969]. Printed. 6 l.

1/5/2/5 Obituary of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, from The Daily Telegraph 11 Jun 2011. Printed. 1 l.

R 1/5/2/6 Email correspondence between DD and Rolf Dahlø, Mar 2011. Ts. 9 l. Also two addresses given by RD to the Special Forces Club in May 2006 and Jan 2011. Ts. 17 l.

1/5/2/7 Obituary of Door de Graf, from The Daily Telegraph, 3 Mar 2011. Printed. 1 l.

1/5/2/8 Two newspaper cuttings from The Daily Telegraph [undated], reviewing books about the S.O.E. Printed. 2 l.

1/5/2/9 Obituary of Tun Ibrahim Ismail, from The Daily Telegraph, 27 Jan 2011. Printed. 1 l.

1/5/2/10 Nuova Storia Contemporanea Vol. 14 No. 3, May-Jun 2010, with DD note “for article by Canali” (page 29-64 ‘Leo Valiani e Max Salvadori: I servizi segreti inglesi e la Resistenza’

1/5/2/11 Obituary of Air Chief Marshall Sir Lewis Hodges, Daily Telegraph 5 Jan 2007. 1 l.

1/5/2/12 Typescript by DD recording correspondence between himself and Dick Laming, 9 Dec 2008. 1 l.

1/5/2/13 Typescript of talk to Special Forces Club by Rolf Dahlø, May 2006. 3 l.

R 1/5/2/14 Letter from DD to Duncan Stuart, 1 May 2002. Ts. 2 l. R 1/5/2/15 Correspondence between DD and Joan Bright-Astley, July

2001 – Nov 2002. Ts. & ms. 29 items 1/5/2/16 Issue no. 90 of Revue d’histoire de la deuxième guerre

mondiale, Apr 1973. Includes article on S.O.E. by M.R.D. Foot, “L’aide à la Résistance en Europe”, pp. 39-52

1/5/2/17 Extract from book, Wilkinson and Astley, Gubbins & SOE. Photocopy, pp. 134-141

1/5/2/18 Extract from book, Wilkinson and Astley, Gubbins & SOE. Photocopy, pp. 154-157

1/5/2/19 Diary note by DD concerning letter from Dick Laming, 19 Jun 2006. Ts. 1 l. (2 copies)

R 1/5/2/20 Letter from DD to Elizabeth Ward, 31 May 2002. Ts. 1 l. Also includes photocopied obituary from The Times for Brian Stonehouse, 10 Dec 1998; photocopied article “MI5 warning about Cambridge ring agent was ignored” by Michael Evans, from The Times 9 May 2002; photocopy of handwritten letter from Margaret Pawley to Elizabeth Ward, 4 l.; photocopy of letters page of The Spectator 28 Aug 1999 including letter from Lady Maclean of Dunconnel titled “Tito, Klugmann and SOE”

1/5/2/21 Obituary of Ernest van Maurik from The Daily Telegraph 25 Feb 2012. 1 l.

1/5/2/22 Obituary of Count Jacques le Bel de Penguilly from The Daily Telegraph 5 Jan 2013. 1 l.

1/5/2/23 Obituary of Sir Robert Clark from The Daily Telegraph 8 Jan 2013. 1 l.

1/5/2/24 Obituary of Margaret Jackson from The Daily Telegraph 4 Jun 2013. 1 l.

1/5/2/25 Typescript of “The Commonwealth’s input into SOE” by M.R.D. Foot. 10 l.

1/5/3 J. Bright Astley R 1/5/3/1 Correspondence between DD and Joan Bright Astley, Jan

2003-Feb 2004. Ts. & ms. 30 items 1/5/3/2 Article from The Sunday Telegraph 18 Nov 1990 entitled “Secret army they left behind”. Photocopy. 1 l. 1/5/3/3 Four newspaper reviews of Gubbins & SOE by Peter Wilkinson & Joan Bright Astley. Dated Jan 1994. Photocopy. 3 l.

1/5/4 Imperial War Museum Sound Archive catalogue 1/5/4/1 The Special Operations Executive: Sound Archive oral history recordings compiled and edited by Kate Johnson (London: Trustees of the IWM, 1998). Printed. 264pp. 1/5/4/2 Further listings of IWM’s SOE holdings, dated 21 Dec 2001. Ts. 38 l. 1/5/4/3 Letter from Mark Seaman from the Research & Information department at the IWM to DD, enclosing catalogue and lists detailed above, dated 21 Dec 2001. Ts. 1 l.

1/5/5 Cammaerts 1/5/5/1 Obituary of Francis Cammaerts from The Times 6 July 2006. 1 l. 1/5/5/2 Obituary of Francis Cammaerts from The Daily Telegraph 7 July 2006. 1 l.

1/5/5/3 Typescript of notes made by DD for future conversations with Francis Cammaerts. 5 l. (3 copies) 1/5/5/4 Photocopied extract from The Guy Liddell Diaries Vol. II: 1942-45 relating to Cammaerts. 4 l. 1/5/5/5 Photocopied extract from Behind the Lines: the oral history of Special Operations in World War II by Russell Miller relating to Cammaerts. 4 l. 1/5/5/6 Photocopied page from The women who lived for danger by Marcus Binney relating to Cammaerts. 1 l. 1/5/5/7 Information from the Public Record Office on the release of Document HS 9/612 relating to Christine Granville (worked with Cammaerts in France), Mar 2003. Ts. 1 l. 1/5/5/8 Typescript headed “Patrick O’Regan/Cammaerts” (probably describing SOE experience of Captain Patrick Valentine William Rowan O’Regan). 8 l. 1/5/5/9 Photocopy of P.R.O. file HS 9/612, relating to Christine Granville. 51 l. 1/5/5/10 Information from the Public Record Office on the release of S.O.E. agents’ personal files, Mar 2003. Ts. 10 l. 1/5/5/11 Ms. notes by DD. 1 l.

R 1/5/5/12 Correspondence between DD and Francis Cammaerts, Jan 2002 – Aug 2003. Ts. & ms. 30 items. 1/5/5/13 Ms. notes by DD. 4 l. 1/5/5/14 Photocopy of P.R.O. file HS 6/568, “Rapport de Simone de Cruzel au Colonel Roger”. 6 l. 1/5/5/15 Photocopy of P.R.O. file HS 6/570, “France: Circuit & Mission Reports & Interrogations ‘F’”. 6 l. 1/5/5/16 Photocopy of P.R.O. file HS 6/568, “France: Circuit & Mission Reports & Interrogations ‘C’”. 21 l. 1/5/5/17 Photocopied extract from Between Silk and Cyanide by Leo Marks. 6 l. 1/5/5/18 Photocopy of article from French newspaper, 19 Sep 2002, entitled “Les Tissots, haut lieu de la Résistance”, with ms. note from Yves Godard to Francis Cammaerts. 1 l. 1/5/5/19 Photocopied extract from Hidden Ally: French resistance, Special Operations and the landings in Southern France, 1944 by Arthur L. Funk, relating to Cammaerts. 14 l. 1/5/5/20 Map of France: Provence Cote d’Azur (Michelin), 2001/2002 1/5/5/21 Map of Alpes-de-Hte-Provence, Hautes-Alpes (Michelin)

Box S.O.E. 6 Miscellaneous Papers and Correspondence

1/6/1 ‘Miscellaneous papers, some of historical interest’ (1) 1/6/1/1 Article from The Daily Telegraph 12 Apr 2006 titled ‘War

heroine, 93, gets her wings at last’ by Colin Randall. Relates to Pearl Withington (Cornioley). 1 l.

1/6/1/2 Obituary from The Daily Telegraph 29 May 2006 of Major ‘Trof’ Trofimov. 1 l.

1/6/1/3 Photocopied extract from Setting Europe Ablaze by D. Dodds-Parker. 15 l.

1/6/1/4 Letter to the Editor of The Daily Telegraph 14 Feb 2002 written by Morton Bisset titled ‘Honest Fakers’. 1 l.

1/6/1/5 Article from The Daily Telegraph 14 Feb 2002 by Cassandra Jardine titled ‘Liberty, fraternity…then love’. Relates to the film “Charlotte Gray”. 1 l.

1/6/1/6 Publicity for Religion, the Missing Dimension of Statecraft’ edited by Douglas Johnston and Cynthia Sampson. Ts. 2 l.

1/6/1/7 Photocopied article from The Washington Post 16 Apr 1995 by Douglas M. Johnston titled ‘Resurrecting Peace: Religion’s Service to the Political World‘. 1 l.

1/6/1/8 Photocopied article from The New York Times 9 Jul [1994] by Peter Steinfels titled ‘Beliefs’. 1 l.

1/6/1/9 Photocopied review from The Washington Post’s ‘Book World’ 5 Jun 1994 by Robert Coles of “Religion: the missing dimension of statecraft”, titled ‘The Faiths that move Mountains”. 1 l.

1/6/1/10 Photocopied extract from Atlantic Odyssey by Michael Thwaites. pp. 207-209

1/6/1/11 Photocopied article from the Financial Times 19/20 Aug 1995 by Christian Tyler titled ‘A peace-monger’s faith’. 1 l.

1/6/1/12 Ms. note by DD. 1 l. 1/6/1/13 Photocopied extract from Geoffrey: Major John Geoffrey

Appleyard D.S.O., M.C. & BAR, M.A., of the Commandos and Special Air Service Regiment by John Ernest Appleyard. 4 l.

R 1/6/1/14 Letter from Joan [Bright Astley] to Dilks, 20 Apr 2002, providing “some relevant entries in the MI(R) War Diary”. Ts. & ms. 1 l. 1/6/1/15 Report on Major Norman John Klugmann, alias James

Klugman: ‘security investigations while he was in SOE’. Ts. 6 l.

R 1/6/1/16 Photocopy of ms. letter from DD to Bruce Hunter, 22 Apr 2002. 1 l. 1/6/1/17 Photocopied extract from Special Operations Europe by

Basil Davidson. 5 l. 1/6/1/18 Photocopied extract from In obedience to instructions by

Margaret Pawley. 1 l.

1/6/1/19 Photocopy of ts. notes made by ‘MJ’ on C.H. Mackenzie’s ‘Memoirs of war years as head of force 136’. 1 l.

1/6/1/20 Card with ms. notes by DD. 1 l. 1/6/1/21 Photocopied article from Scotland on Sunday 28 Jul 1997

by George Rosie titled ‘Business-like Scot who thwarted Japan’ by George Rosie. 1 l.

1/6/1/22 Book review from newspaper (possibly the Independent) by Robert Hanks of The most offending soul alive by Judith M. Heimann. Printed. 1 l.

1/6/1/23 Article from Oxford Today 2002 by Adam Roberts titled ‘Can we define terrorism?’ Printed. 2 l.

1/6/1/24 Ms. notes by DD. 1 l. 1/6/1/25 Ts. notes by DD on Fight Another Day by J.M. Langley. 2 l. 1/6/1/26 Photocopied letter from The Times 20 Nov 2000 by Kyaw

Win. 1 l. 1/6/1/27 Photocopied obituary from The Times 20 Mar 2002 of

General Van Tien Dung. 1 l. (2 copies, one with ms. note) R 1/6/1/28 Email correspondence between DD and Rolf Dahlø, 24 Feb

2002. Ts. 1 l. 1/6/1/29 Ts. describing awards and decorations of Major General

Sir Colin McVean Gubbins. 1 l. 1/6/1/30 Photocopied article from The Times 26 Feb 2002 in which

‘M.R.D. Foot salutes the female agents of Britain’s wartime SOE’. 2 l.

1/6/1/31 Letter from Christopher Murphy to DD, dated 24 Mar 2002. Includes photocopies of P.R.O. documents HS8/858 and HS8/863. Ts. & photocopies. 9 l.

1/6/1/32 Book proposal form to Frank Cass for Science, Subversion and Sabotage’ by Fredric Boyce and Douglas H. Everett, with part of the book typescript attached. [Later published as SOE: the scientific secrets ]. Ts. 101 l.

1/6/1/33 Bound pamphlet titled Return to Thalenstein by J.P. Waterfield. Dated June 1999. Ts. 11 l.

1/6/1/34 Obituary from The Daily Telegraph 16 Nov 2001 of Group Captain Hugh Verity. Printed. 1 l.

1/6/1/35 Ts. & ms. notes by DD setting out plans for the project. 7 l. 1/6/1/36 Photocopied sheets with information on PRO files and

dates of opening. Certain names been highlighted. 3 l. R 1/6/1/37 Letter from Douglas Dodds-Parker to Dott Luigi Sartori,

10 Mar 2002. Ts. & ms. 1 l. 1/6/1/38 Article from The Daily Telegraph 10 Feb 2000 by Deborah

Devonshire about Patrick Leigh Fermor titled ‘He did a duet with a German general’. Printed. 1 l.

1/6/1/39 Ts. note to self by DD, 19 Nov 2003. 1 l. 1/6/1/40 Book review from The Spectator 1 Mar 2003 by Duff Hart-

Davis of The Hitler/Hess deception by Martin Allen. Printed. 1 l.

1/6/1/41 Ms. notes by DD. 3l. 1/6/1/42 Ts. notes to self by DD, 18 Feb 2003. 1 l. 1/6/1/43 Photocopied extract from Reflections on intelligence by

R.V. Jones. 3 l. R 1/6/1/44 Email correspondence between DD and Alan Powell, Apr-

Jul 2002. Ts. 3 l. 1/6/1/45 Ts. notes by DD re. conversation with Duncan Stuart. 2 l. 1/6/1/46 Ms. notes to self by DD. 6 l. 1/6/1/47 Ts. notes to self by DD. 3 l. 1/6/1/48 Letter from Douglas Dodds-Parker to Steve Gower of the

Australian War Memorial, 21 Mar 2002. Ts. 1 l. R 1/6/1/49 Letter from Ray Wooler to Lionel Savery of the Special

Forces Club, 27 Sep 2001. Ts. 1 l. R 1/6/1/50 Contact details for L.P. Fernandez. Ts. & ms. 1 l. R 1/6/1/51 List of SOE members DD might have been able to

interview, provided ‘MJ’ 31 Jan 2001. Ts. 1 l. (2 copies) Also list of families of SOE senior staff officers. Ms. 1 l.

1/6/1/52 Email from DD to Christopher Murphy, 25 Jan 2002. Ts. 1 l. 1/6/1/53 Ts. notes to self by DD. Ts 2 l.

R 1/6/1/54 Ms.notes. Includes names and addresses. 3 l. 1/6/1/55 Christmas card, dated Dec 2000, from A. Petrak to D.

Dodds-Parker. With envelope R 1/6/1/56 Email correspondence between DD and Olav Riste, Nov

2011. Ts. 6 l. R 1/6/1/57 Letter from Douglas Dodds-Parker to M. Bonnafous, 9 Dec

2001. 1 l. R 1/6/1/58 Letter from Douglas Dodds-Parker to Col. Dott. Luigi

Sartori, 11 Dec 2001. Ts. 1 l. R 1/6/1/59 Letter from Douglas Dodds-Parker to the Secretary,

Australian War Memorial, 30 Nov 2001. Ts. 1 l. 1/6/1/60 Ts. sheets of questions for DD’s interviews. 7 l. 1/6/1/61 Ts. & ms. notes re. interviews. Includes names and

addresses. 5 l. 1/6/2 ‘Miscellaneous papers, some of historical interest’ (2)

1/6/2/1 Photocopied extract from War by stealth by Alan Powell. 4 l.

1/6/2/2 Special Forces Club Newsletter Autumn 2001 1/6/2/3 P.R.O. Source Sheet 11: Special Operations Executive. Ts.

1 l. 1/6/2/4 Photocopy of National Archives file CAB120/150: “Top

secret cypher telegram for the Prime Minister from the Minister of Economic Warfare, 14 Sep 1944. 5 l.

1/6/2/5 Photocopied text on Major-General Sir Colin McVean Gubbins. 1 l.

1/6/2/6 Special Forces Club News Bulletin Autumn 1976 and Spring 1977

1/6/2/7 Photocopied article from The Independent 12 Jun 1989 by Peter Hennessy titled ‘Secret agency’s papers are kept undercover’. 1 l.

1/6/2/8 Photocopied article from The Times 19 May 1997 by Donald Cameron Watt, titled ‘No room for Eurosceptics’. 1 l.

1/6/2/9 Photocopied review from The Independent 29 Oct 1998 by Donald Cameron Watt of Between silk and cyanide: the coding battles of World War Two by Leo Marks. 1 l.

1/6/2/10 Photocopied review from The Tablet 1 Dec 2001 by Julian Margaret Gibbs of the video The Cross and the Bodhi Tree’. 1 l.

1/6/2/11 Book review from The Daily Telegraph 7 Feb 2004 by Alan Judd of The next moon by Andre Hue and Ewen Southby-Tailyour. Printed 1 l.

1/6/2/12 Book review from The Sunday Telegraph 8 Feb 2004 by Max Hastings of The next moon by Andre Hue and Ewen Southby-Tailyour. Printed 1 l.

1/6/2/13 S.O.E. in Eastern Europe: an introduction to the newly released records of the Special Operations Executive in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Russia by Louise Atherton (P.R.O Publications, 1995). 42 l.

1/6/2/14 Ms. ‘List found in HS/142’. 1 l. 1/6/2/15 Obituary from The Daily Telegraph 1 Apr 2004 of Lise

Villameur. Printed. 1 l. 1/6/2/16 Obituary from The Daily Telegraph 3 Sep 2005 of Litzi

Gedye. Printed. 1 l. 1/6/2/17 Obituary from The Daily Telegraph 28 Nov 2005 of

Jacques Poirier. Printed. 1 l. 1/6/2/18 Obituary from The Times 29 Nov 2005 of Joel Letac.

Printed. 1 l. 1/6/2/19 Obituary from The Daily Telegraph 1 Dec 2005 of Jozef

Garlinski. Printed. 1 l. 1/6/2/20 Obituary from The Daily Telegraph 18 Feb 2006 of George

Psychoundakis. Printed. 1 l. 1/6/2/21 Typescript of “The origins and vicissitudes of the S.O.E.

archive” by Duncan Stuart. 24 l. 1/6/2/22 Typescript of paper “SOE in Romania” given at the S.O.E.

Conference in the IWM in 1998 by Maurice Pearton. 16 l. 1/6/2/23 Photocopied obituary of Mary Cosyn from The Times 6

Oct 2003. 1 l. 1/6/2/24 Photocopied extract from In Obedience to Instructions by

Margaret Pawley which discusses Mary McVean (later Cosyn). 2 l.

1/6/2/25 Offprint of research note by M.R.D. Foot titled ‘The Dutch Affair’ from Intelligence and National Security Vol. 20 no. 2, Jun 2005. 2 l.

1/6/2/26 Obituary from The Daily Telegraph 18 Dec 2003 of Lieutenant-Colonel Terence Kitkat. 1 l.

1/6/2/27 Obituary from The Daily Telegraph 11 Jan 2005 of Sir Stephen Hastings. 1 l.

1/6/2/28 Obituary from The Daily Telegraph 18 Jan 2005 of George Millar. 1 l.

1/6/2/29 Obituary from The Daily Telegraph 28 Feb 2005 of Major Dick Rubinstein. 1 l.

1/6/2/30 Obituary from The Daily Telegraph 9 Apr 2005 of Squadron Leader James Wagland. 1 l.

1/6/2/31 Article from The Sunday Telegraph 23 Jan 2005 by Max Hastings paying tribute to George Millar. 1 l.

1/6/2/32 Ts. references to relevant books. 2 l. 1/6/2/33 Photocopied page from book with ms. notes. 1 l. 1/6/2/33 Photocopied extract from Skis against the Atom by Knut

Haukelid. 7 l. 1/6/2/34 Obituary from The Daily Telegraph 8 Jan 1998 of Yvonne

Cormeau. 1 l. 1/6/2/35 Obituary from The Daily Telegraph 18 May 1998 of Col.

Desmond Whyte. 1 l. 1/6/2/36 Book review from The Daily Telegraph 14 Jul 2003 by Alan

Judd of Silent rebels: the true story of the raid on the twentieth train to Auschwitz by Marion Schreiber. 1 l.

1/6/2/37 Book review from The Daily Telegraph 31 May 1997 by John Keegan of Beyond the frontier: the politics of a failed mission – Bulgaria 1944 by E.P. Thompson. 1 l.

1/6/2/38 Book review from The Daily Telegraph 31 May 1997 by M.R.D. Foot of Bravest of the brave: the true story of Wing Commander ‘Tommy’ Yeo-Thomas SOE secret codename ‘The White Rabbit’ by Mark Seaman. 1 l.

1/6/2/39 Photocopied obituary of Col. D.T. Hudson. 2 l. 1/6/2/40 Obituary from The Daily Telegraph 26 Dec 1997 of

Brigadier Edmund ‘Eddie’ Myers. 1 l. 1/6/2/41 Obituary from The Times 15 Feb 2001 of Lord Terrington.

1 l. 1/6/2/42 Article from The Weekend Telegraph 8 Mar 1997 by

Sebastian O’Kelly titled ‘Waiting for the White Rabbit’. About ‘Tommy’ Yeo-Thomas. 1 l.

1/6/2/43 Article from The Daily Telegraph 6 Dec 2001 by Antony Beevor titled ‘The man who knows all the dark secrets’. About M.R.D. Foot. 1 l.

1/6/2/44 Article from The Guardian 8 Feb 2002 by David Walker on the Public Record Office – ‘Newly released papers on the Special Operations Executive illuminate quirkier aspects of the allied war effort’. 1 l.

1/6/2/45 Article from The Sunday Telegraph 23 Jun 2002 titled ‘The secret army’. 1 l.

1/6/2/46 Article from The Daily Telegraph 29 Apr 2003 by Peter Day titled ‘How secret agent Hardy Amies stayed in Vogue during the war’. 1 l.

1/6/2/47 Article from The Sunday Telegraph 11 May 2003 by Chris Hastings titled ‘War heroine Odette was judged “too temperamental” for spying’. 1 l.

1/6/2/48 Photocopy of review from PROphile Vol. 14 no. 1, Apr 2003, of Shot down and on the run by Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork. 1 l.

1/6/2/49 Note from Sally O’Brien on behalf of Sir Paul Getty to DD (and his reply) enclosing information about the Monte San Martino Trust, Apr-May 2003. Ts., ms. & photocopy. 6 l.

1/6/2/50 Photocopied article from RUSI Journal Feb 2003 by M.R.D. Foot titled ‘What use was SOE?’. 8 l.

1/6/2/51 Photocopied review article from Intelligence and National Security Vol. 11 no. 2, Apr 1996, by Mark Seaman of Gubbins and SOE by Peter Wilkinson & Joan Bright-Astley. 2 l.

1/6/2/52 Photocopied article from Storia delle Relazioni Internazionali 1990/2 by Anne Kay titled ‘British newspaper reporting of the Yugoslav Resistance, 1941-1945’. 13 l.

1/6/2/53 Photocopied extract from The sword and the shield: the Mitrokhin Archive and the secret history of the KGB by Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin. 3 l.

1/6/2/54 Obituary from The Daily Telegraph 13 Dec 2001 of General Pierre de Bénouville. Printed. 1 l.

1/6/2/55 Ms. notes by DD. 4 l. 1/6/2/56 Article from Special Forces Club Newsletter Autumn 2001

by Lionel Savery titled ‘Fresh drive to unearth SOE history’. Printed. 1 l.

1/6/2/57 Photocopied extract from The Fringes of Power by John Colville. 1 l.

1/6/2/58 Photocopied extract from Special Operations Europe: scenes from the anti-Nazi war by Basil Davidson. 6 l.

1/6/2/59 Correspondence between Keith G. Stevens and DD, Dec 2002. Includes typescript obituary from KGS for General Li Mo’an. 5 l.

1/6/2/60 Review article from The Sunday Telegraph 4 Aug 2002 by Alan Judd titled ‘Girls who did the business’, reviewing The women who lived for danger by Marcus Binney. Printed 1 l.

1/6/2/61 Article from The Daily Telegraph 10 Aug 2002 by Artemis Cooper titled ‘Cyanide pills and stiff upper lips’, reviewing Behind the lines by Russell Miller and The women who lived for danger by Marcus Binney. Printed. 1 l.

1/6/2/62 Obituary of Sir Reginald Hibbert from The Daily Telegraph 9 Oct 2002. Printed. 1 l.

1/6/2/63 Printout of information about the S.O.E. from the Internet site http://british-forces.com/world_war2/SOE/ Ts. 6 l.

1/6/2/64 Photocopied extract from The Moonlight war by Terence O’Brien. 4 l.

1/6/2/65 Photocopied extract from Maquis by George Millar. 2 l. 1/6/2/66 Ts. and ms. notes from DD on reverse of photocopied

extract from Between Silk and Cyanide by Leo Marks. 9 l.

R 1/6/3 ‘SOE General correspondence’ 1/6/3/1 Letter from DD to Dr. Penelope Bullock, Librarian at Balliol

College Oxford, 18 Nov 2002. Ts. 1 l. 1/6/3/2 Letter from DD to Rolf Dahlø, 6 Feb 2002. Ts. 1 l. 1/6/3/3 Correspondence between DD and Basil Davidson, 25 Sep

2002-24 Dec 2003. Ts. & ms. 10 l. 1/6/3/4 Correspondence between DD and Dr. Serge Durflinger,

Canadian War Museum, 26 Jan-26 Mar 2002. Ts. 5 l. 1/6/3/5 Correspondence between DD and Robert Ferrier, Oct

2002. Ts. 2 l. 1/6/3/6 Correspondence between DD and M.R.D. Foot, 29 Oct

2001-26 Apr 2002. Ts. & ms. 8 l. 1/6/3/7 Letter from DD to Peter Lee, 4 Mar 2002. Ts. 1 l. 1/6/3/8 Correspondence between DD and Daniel L’Heureux, 1

May-28 Jun 2002. Ts. 5 l. 1/6/3/9 Email correspondence between DD and Christopher

Murphy, 25 Jan-18 Mar 2002. Ts. 3 l. 1/6/3/10 Correspondence between DD and Terence O’Brien, 17

Sep 2002-8 Jul 2003. Ts. & ms. 48 l. 1/6/3/11 Correspondence between DD and Baroness Park of

Monmouth, 6-18 Mar 2002. Ts. & ms. 3 l. 1/6/3/12 Correspondence between DD and Cynthia Penney, 16 Jan-

22 Apr 2002. Ts. & ms. 11 l. 1/6/3/13 Correspondence between DD and Alan Powell, 22 Apr-13

Jul 2002. Ts. 8 l. 1/6/3/14 Correspondence between DD and Dr. Luigi Sartori, 26

Mar-9 Apr 2002. Ts. 2 l. 1/6/3/15 Correspondence between DD and Lionel Savery, 26 Oct

2001-29 Apr 2002. Ts. & ms. 13 l. 1/6/3/16 Email from DD to Mark Seaman, 7 Jan 2002. Ts. 1 l. 1/6/3/17 Correspondence between DD and Duncan Stuart, 26 Apr

2000-16 May 2003. Ts. & ms. 10 l. 1/6/3/18 Correspondence between DD and Elizabeth Ward, 29 May

2002-2 May 2005. Ts. & ms. 19 l. 1/6/3/19 Letter from DD to Professor Wesley Wark, University of

Toronto, 14 Dec 2001. Ts. 1 l.

1/6/3/20 Correspondence between DD and the Countess of Wilton, 20 Aug 2002-2 Nov 2002. Ts. & ms. 5 l.

1/6/3/21 Correspondence between DD and Ray Wooler, 20 Apr 2002-2 Jun 2004. Ts. 18 l.

1/6/3/22 DD’s contact information and notes about potential sources of information/subjects for interview. Includes names, addresses, telephone numbers. Ts. 3 l.