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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 7, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winn iric press in Toay March 7, 1972 abwe1ir series spies missed Allied Fleet opts sask. In this the ninth of 11 excerpts from the Book the game of the foxes the a Wehr misses the boat As Allied convoys converge on North Africa. By Ladislas Farago de by the mauling of convoys to Malta and Murmansk the canadians disaster at Dieppe and the rapid Advance of rom Mel toward Cairo. But their summer of Discon except perhaps for sir Cis Walsingham s spies who spotted the approach of the Spanish Armada in 1588, secret services have a Genius for Over looking hostile fleets on thei course to sneak attacks. What the a Wehr overlooked in the fall of 1942 was an Armada of 104 american ships on a mile March from Norfolk Vir Ginia to the Atlantic beaches of French Morocco. It also failed to notice British convoys sailing from Loch Ewe and the Clyde Estuary in Scotland to Al Giers through the a boat infested Bay of Biscay and the Strait of Gibraltar. They carried the forces of the allies first offensive in the War on their laborious roundabout Jour Ney to the nazi occupied Conti nent. The a Wehr senior member of the. German intelligence Community was so completely unaware of this massive flow o ships arid of what it. Portended that of the Day the americans and the British reached their destination and went ashore in North. Africa Admiral Canaris arid his Deputy colonel Pieken on a leisurely visit Tot More than a thousand Miles from where the action was. There May have been some attenuating circumstances for their failure to anticipate the blow. Only three months had brought a dramatic change in the War., the allies were still hard pressed throughout the summer of 1942, the apparent ebb of their fortunes High Light return on funds sought progressive conservative Leader Sidney Spivak has filed an order for return asking the government to show each de posit account maintained by the province for any of its depart ments or agencies. Or Spivak told a press con Ference monday appears to be a major deficit and said the government should divulge what transfers of funds have taken place Between the various government depart ments and agencies. He said he suspects the government could be embarrassed to present the True financial y their most november in this War. By the 4th, Rommel was in full Retreat and Egypt was cleared on the 8th. On the same Day the compact Anglo american expeditionary Force started operations in North Africa. In the Wake of the fall of France the Region South and North of the Western Mediterranean moved simultaneously into the Ken of two implacable adversaries Adolf Hitler and Franklin Roosevelt. In july 1940, provoked by the determination of the British to continue struggle against the for. A fuehrer. By the end of 1940, the area was completely charted a wasted Effort on a grandiose scale. After some teasing and fooling the spaniards backed out of Felix and in january 1941, the plan was shelved. What was left of it was an enormous intelligence Organiza out a Crescent extending from Spain to French Morocco. It was assumed that nothing could escape the vigilance of the War single handed Hitler this enormous network consist decided to drive the English ing of some of the a Wehr s out of the Western Mediterranean by taking Gibraltar and closing the almost simultaneously president Roose velt reached the conclusion that the Best Road to the continent and to the defeat of the Regina cps Saskatchewan Young new democrats withdrew membership from the new democratic party s National youth organization during their weekend convention. Delegates voted.44 to 42 in Tion on both shores of the West of withdrawing Mem Era Mediterranean stationed in Bers flip in the. Federal Young new democrats saying the National group Contact with the led through the same general area though the United states was not yet at War. Hitler was charting his course keenest spy masters and 357 secret agents by actual count in , backed up. By the huge a Wehr outposts in Madrid and Lisbon. But they were not alone. In Portugal the British had a splendid organization of their own headed by Cost Mander Hilgarth the naval at tache in Spain and Kim Philby grassroots of new democratic youth across Cana one Delegate speaking during debate on the motion said Little Benefit if derived from National membership and As the provincial group pays half its the a we get nothing for. Our Angie Torchinsky immediate past president said the sask at picture of the province. Morris Mcgregor the progressive conservative member of the legislature for Virden constituency monday released a private member s Resolution which he plans to introduce at the next session of the Legisla Ture. It asks that the government consider the advised bitty of permitting repair of govern ment vehicles in local shops whenever possible. Or. Mcgregor said the official practice of repairing gov formally. An ambitious opera who managed the operation by Tion plan called Felix was Remote control from Section v drawn up with the attack on i of. Ml6. Intelligence was not the. B r a 11 a r scheduled for no primary purpose of ibis clan member. Ii cause of his closed Stine expeditionary relations with the spaniards patched by iberian and supposed influence on Gen Peninsula. They engaged eral Franco Hitler assigned to w a War of fighting Admiral Canaris the Spade work the a Wehr was Pra for Felix essentially to recon tidally its own Home loiter the Rock for the assault. The British Wop to jul Partick and to coax spam into the vent Lar Battle As they were to win Ture. The whole secret War eventual on july 22, Canaris personal they suggestions from but Only on Pur ilf., the group won t agree then Saskatchewan ii will affiliation she r trainees for management and assistant management positions. Car Pessary. Pm. 256-wi4 anytime up to 9 . _ Ern ment vehicles in Winnipeg when they and located in areas Distant from the City is frequently uneconomical. By led an intelligence team to the outskirts of Gibraltar to study the terrain the possible difficulties of the assault and develop a Basic attack plan at the same began to As semble the expeditionary Force from the Brandenburg efs his private army of hell s Angels. Network up its agents piter a Wachniak auction sue March 8 at . I i ten lw.b., , 4speeo i 196v kick be Safe Peter s auction saus 124 a emf Nerch of Tohati 7t7ii.i77s on View daily rent a car 942-3366 e fair to yourself you Only get one Chance at life. How you live it is up to you. A Fajr Back on the Road to vib unt flood Immi with your own Peytond wow vim fit item program diet counselling Rutt and relaxation. If you have allowed yourself to become fat flabby old looking before your time that s a crime look what others have never in the history of espionage was a Mission like this mounted by such distinguished spies the chief of intelligence in person flanked by his top ranking colonel Piekenbrock and commander Wilhelm Leissner alias Gus the a Wehr chief in Spain. He also sent another team of snoopers to the Rock practically b e h i n d his own Back. Assembled in greatest secrecy it was headed by a dour no nonsense sabotage expert Captain hams Jochen Rudluff who had conducted highly Irreg ular operations during the French Campaign. The initial double Mission was followed by a veritable Ava Lanche of Ven Tures until Spain became the popular tourist attraction of the a Wehr. All one had to. Do to get himself a vacation wit to think up an a dec that bad lome bearing on and life was assured of a Holiday in Andale the feverish action was reminiscent of a Mack Sennett comedy with people Rushing through doors bumping into one another stepping on each other s toes and getting banged kept them constant surveillance and led misleading information to them in a Cam. Pain especially designed to frustrate Felix and mess up the germans frenetic scrutiny of the Strait the result devastating the Canaris organization appeared j to be at Peak of its preparedness and efficiency in tally and dismally a the v Allied Imp Fotion of Jorth Africa actually reached its destination undetected a of a votive 2-Dom int fruit Rica. 17v a Bitimis . Colun Ifeta Portia or a tent text Tomilon Spokan not Chelf of Tab m. Eoff Tablet Milu Dan Elf Luitt comb. 23" . And Ito to Windsor Chain by Var fell top hat wild carry inf Caw Orth lil nip and Nteta Fht Iti of Donwen in Ilif into Waitr a Lalni warm Jar Waimir cent. Stud int j it tar Utility fib i avar iut 22. Rich Ell limit. Minc to Eli Hub floor Pel it bar a rapt Elof Jiniv much Mart China eld Thornton Packard a flax Amtrak with attach mint and stand Lampi Etc. Grays auction Mart 91 Albert pc the Allied landings. I copyright 1971 by Ladislas Farago. All Rigits re s e r v e d. From the Book the game of the foxes pub 1 i s h e d by a Vii Mckay company inc. Kep whited by arrange ments with cd the publisher. Distributed in Canada by j. A Whf it. Phone auctioneer 1899 942-237 Heun Neld coeds auctioned or Bei Fht for Cain in tin court of full no much Manitoba in bankruptcy in matter of the bankruptcy of j it b Olumn Cofton tettion Gener Al Wim Rural Faunl civility of if province of on the head by unidentified fall ing objects. Somehow characteristic of the i frivolity of the Enterprise was an incident that led to the Dis carding of the Best photographs Captain Hans Roschmann from another team managed to shoot of the Rock s formidable fortifications to the East they were taken from the Balcony of a House in la Linea Rosch Mann posing two comely Young ladies in the foreground to camouflage the True purpose of his picture taking. The prims were rejected with disdain when Gen eral Jodl of the High command found out that the House from which the snapshots had been made was a notorious bordello and the women in the picture were two of its inmates. Canaris himself would return from time to time to direct the activities personally. He was doing it so conspicuously that British agents who were As numerous in the area As were the a Wehr spies could not help spotting him wherever he went he celebrated new year s eve in a tavern in Algeciras which was also a favorite of the com petition. The Admiral s Choice of this particular place gave birth to the legend that it was his first Effort to Mike Contact with the British secret service notice to creditors of first meeting. Notice is hereby Given that j it b Klasson construction co. Ltd., Gen eral contractors of the Rural Munici Pality of Charleswood in the province of Manitoba filed an assignment in bankruptcy on the 1st Day of March that the first meeting of creditors will be held on the 23nd Day of March my at the hours of o clock in the Forenoon at the office of or. L. J. C. Elliott room 233 Law courts building in the City of Winnipeg province of Manitoba and that to be eligible to vote creditors must file with prior to the meeting proofs of claim and where necessary proxies dated at the City of Winnipeg prov Ince of Manitoba this 3rd Day of March 1972. Thos. F. Copeland trustee 200-2w Broadway Avenue Winnipeg Manitoba. R3c Ori. By Peter j. 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