cousins did not try to work for a negotiated peace: Jonathan Petropoulos, Royals and the Reich, 218.
this theory seems implausible: Waller, The Unseen War in Europe, 171.
maid situation desperate: Michael Bloch, Operation Willi, 228.
their pink sheets: “Royal Feud,” Royalty 5, no. 3, https://www.royalty-magazine.com/archive/feud.html.
strange suspicions: H. Montgomery Hyde, Walter Monckton, 107.
banishment a wise move: Sarah Bradford, King George VI, 436.
Chapter Eleven: A Shady Royal in a Sunny Place
show of loyalty to friends: Helen Worden, “The Duchess of Windsor,” American Mercury (June 1944), 675–81.
However . . . c’est la guerre: Author archive.
petty humiliations: Michael Bloch, The Secret File of the Duke of Windsor, 178.
there would have been no war: Charles Higham, The Duchess of Windsor, 337.
prepared to say yes or no: Diary of Guy Liddell, Deputy Director General of the Security Service, June to November 1945, KV 4/466, National Archives, Kew, UK.
conviction on it: Philip Ziegler, King Edward VIII, 395.
belief that they can do it: David Reynolds, Lord Lothian and Anglo-American Relations, 1939-40. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 73, Part 2 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1983).
initiating an effective peace move: Notes on Meetings with Sir William Wiseman, 09/02/1940–01/08/1941, GTM.GAMMS98, James D. Mooney papers, Box 1, Folder 22, Georgetown University Library Special Collections Research Center; also David Hayward, Mr. James D. Mooney: A Man of Missions, www.gmhistory.chevytalk.org/James_D_Mooney_by_David_Hayward.html.
in order to bring England down: George S. Messersmith (Havana) to Cordell Hull (Secretary of State, Washington), George S. Messersmith papers, MSS 109, Box 12 F90.
Windsor linked to Mooney separate peace: Jonathan Pile, Churchill’s Secret Enemy (Lulu.com, 2012), Appendix 2.
continuing his fight with Britain: Jim Wilson, Nazi Princess, 156–59; Scott Newton, Profits of Peace: The Political Economy of Anglo-German Appeasement. (London: Oxford University Press, 1996), 179–84.
she was a go-between: Robert Houghwout Jackson, That Man: An Insider’s Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003), 70.
as importantly as he might: Palm Beach Post, November 18, 1940.
a success from every point of view: Michael Bloch, The Secret File of the Duke of Windsor, 183.
Bahamian islands for navy ships: Box 7, Grace Tully Collection, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, NY.
partisanship of the Windsors: John Colville, Fringes of Power, 332.
betrayal of Allied secrets: Fulton Oursler Jr., “Secret Treason,” American Heritage 42, no. 8 (December 1991), 61.
Edward, Duke of Windsor: Boake Carter, “But-Says,” Milwaukee Sentinel, December 31, 1940.
there isn’t a chance: Michael Pye, The King over the Water: The Scandalous Truth about the Windsors’ War Years (London: Hutchinson, 1981), 77–78.
Chapter Twelve: Tropic of Rancour
paying US Customs duties: Andrew Roberts, The Holy Fox: The Life of Lord Halifax (London, Head of Zeus, 2014), 394.
their primary concern: Sarah Bradford, King George VI, 442.
a revolution they don’t want: Philip Ziegler, King Edward VIII, 393–94.
avoid discrediting him: Fred Taylor, ed., The Goebbels Diaries, 1939–41 (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982), 344–45.
grow up and behave: Andrew Roberts, The Holy Fox, 393.
I used to in the past: Michael Bloch, The Secret File of the Duke of Windsor, 186.
always tried to play my part: Ibid., 188.
America for herself: Philip Ziegler, King Edward VIII, 394.
supplant our democratic government: New York Times, October 8, 1937.
king of England: Charles Higham, The Duchess of Windsor, 364.
English defeat were to be achieved: FBI files: 65-31113-19.
gave the Nazi salute: Martin Allen, Hidden Agenda: How the Duke of Windsor Betrayed the Allies (London: Macmillan, 2000), 275.
holding himself in readiness: Michael Bloch, Operation Willi, 223.
cruelty to animals: Andrew Roberts, The Holy Fox, 392.
this side of the Atlantic: Michael Bloch, The Secret File of the Duke of Windsor, 189.
harm and not good: Philip Ziegler, King Edward VIII, 401.
his hotel was picketed: Michael Bloch, The Duke of Windsor’s War, 221.
he met him in the Bahamas: Philip Ziegler, King Edward VIII, 396.
the Nipponese hordes: Michael Bloch, The Duke of Windsor’s War, 225.
better than being on the outside: Ibid., 226.
replaced by one more conciliatory: John Colville, Fringes of Power, 516.
by which we were surprised: Lord Moran, Churchill: The Struggle for Survival, 1940–1965 (London: Constable, 1966), 97.
which he is doing at present: Charles Higham, The Duchess of Windsor, 383.
I’m Mata Hari: Michael Bloch, The Duke of Windsor’s War, 289.
It is his own family who are against him: Ibid., 335.
highly damaging to themselves: Duff Hart-Davis, ed., King’s Counsellor, 351.
Chapter Thirteen: The Hunt for Pirate Gold
Can you shave in cold water?: Roger Weil, “The Unique Ambassador,” Sword & Trowel, no. 1 (2001).
a youngster from his church: Author interview with Roger Weil.
State Department memo of January 1944: Astrid M. Eckert, The Struggle for the Files: The Western Allies and the Return of German Archives after the Second World War (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012), 35.
their most important records: Historical Office Records relating to the German Documents Project, 1944–1983, Box 6, German War Documents 1944–1945, no. 2 of 2, Record Group 59, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland.
local Nazi women’s organization: Astrid Eckert, Struggle for the Files, 30.
Wish me good hunting: Letter from E. Ralph Perkins to E. Wilder Spaulding (London), April 2, 1945, Historical Office Records relating to the German Documents Project, 1944–1983, Box 9, GWD—for George O. Kent, no. 1 of 2, Record Group 59, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland.
Geheim, or Secret: The Marburg File. BBC Radio 4, August 31, 1995, Tape 128/44.1.
probably not on record: Sacha Zala, Geschichte unter der Schere politischer Zensur: Amtliche Aktensammlungen im internationalen Vergleich, trans. Nathan Ernst (Munich: Oldenbourg, 2001), 165.
report about the extraordinary episode: Robert C. Thomson, Discovery of Secret Archives of German Foreign Ministry, report of May 22, 1945, PRO FO 371/46712C2548/G, National Archives, Kew, UK.
found “if possible”: Combined Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee memorandum, April 20, 1945, CF 1945–1949, Box 4130, FW 840.414/5-145, Record Group 59, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland.
the documents were indeed genuine: Astrid Eckert, Struggle for the Files, 67.
red-hot propaganda material: Ibid., 64.
German and Italian policy: Note of Foreign Office meeting, June 19, 1945, FO 371/46713 C3209/G, National Archives, Kew, UK.
writers, radio commentators: Sacha Zala, Geschichte, 169.
inside the American zone: Ibid., 183.
impact on international politics: Astrid Eckert, Struggle for the Files, 64.
find the source of the leak: Ibid., 76.
Mosley becoming public knowledge: Note from George Middleton (Brit Emb Washington) to W. C. Dowling, July 21, 1945, Box 5702, 840.414/7-2145, RG 59, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland.
distinctly unusual material: The Marburg File, BBC Radio 4.
tantamount to treason: John Costello, Ten Days to Destiny: The Secret Story of the Hess Peace Initiative and British Efforts to Strike a Deal with Hitler (New York: William Mo
rrow, 1991).
to some extent on their side: The Marburg File, BBC Radio 4.
impediment to co-operation: Astrid Eckert, Struggle for the Files, 70.
Paris peace conference of 1919: Sacha Zala, Geschichte, 291.
these German intrigues: John Costello, Mask of Treachery, 419.
greatest possible harm: Ibid.
a job here or anywhere: William Shawcross, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, 599.
secure a negotiated settlement: Jonathan Petropoulos, Royals and the Reich, 218.
necessitated urgent action: Sarah Bradford, King George VI, 427.
Chapter Fourteen: Sovereigns, Secrets, and Spies
fall in to the wrong hands: Alan Lascelles to Sir Ian Jacob, July 25, 1945, NA RA 802 775057, National Archives, Kew, UK.
I kept this secret: Associated Press, June 10, 1990.
haven’t you, Mr Piper: Andrew Morton, Theirs Is the Kingdom: Wealth of the Windsors (London: Michael O’Mara, 1989), 78.
the artist or the sitter: Miranda Carter, Anthony Blunt: His Lives (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001), 305.
his efforts during the war: Author interview.
two very influential informers: Viktor Popov, The Queen’s advisor who was a super agent of the Kremlin [in Russian] (Moscow: Mezhdunarodnye Otnosheniya, 2005), 131–41.
the royal mission to Germany in 1945: Jonathan Petropoulos, Royals and the Reich (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), 340–41.
especially the press: Roland Perry, Last of the Cold War Spies: The Life of Michael Straight (Boston: Da Capo, 2005), 163.
he had real, if obscure authority: Ibid., 165–69.
make off with their booty: Jonathan Petropoulos, Royals and the Reich, 337–38; Miranda Carter, Anthony Blunt: His Lives, 312.
handed over to Sir Owen Morshead: Kenneth Alford, The Spoils of World War II: The American Military’s Role in Stealing Europe’s Treasures (New York: Birch Lane, 1994), 116.
souvenir-hunting American officers: Ibid., 118, 165.
a ‘Windsor file’: Jonathan Petropoulos, Royals and the Reich, 342.
such letters existed in 1945: Author interview.
Windsor was a traitor: Author interview.
files in Germany that needed to be secured: Jonathan Petropoulos, Royals and the Reich, 341.
They are only on loan: Diary of Guy Liddell, KV 4/466, National Archives, Kew, UK.
called on Karl Marx: John Costello, Mask of Treachery, 406.
set royal minds to rest: Duff Hart-Davis, ed., King’s Counsellor, 324–25.
regrettable from a historical viewpoint: William Shawcross, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, 899.
it never would have happened: Diary of Guy Liddell, KV 4/466, National Archives, Kew, UK.
Captured German Documents: Miranda Carter, Anthony Blunt: His Lives, 313.
Chapter Fifteen: Fight for the File
worth the candle: Martin Gilbert, Winston S. Churchill. Vol. 8, Never Despair, 1945–1965 (London: Heinemann, 1983), 174.
I am sorry for them: Brendan Bracken, Max Aitken Beaverbrook, and Richard Cockett, My Dear Max: The Letters of Brendan Bracken to Lord Beaverbrook, 1925–1958 (London: Historians’ Press, 1990), 65.
hearth rug bore: Duff Hart-Davis, ed., King’s Counsellor, 367.
of interest only to the British: Paul Robinson Sweet papers, PRO notes, 20, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California.
unfair to the duke: John Costello, Mask of Treachery, 419.
to the Bahamas in 1940: Author interview.
dossier on September 5, 1945: J. D. Beam to Murphy, October 2, 1945, Record Group 84, POLAD, entry 2531B, Box 37, National Archives.
passed it on to the Foreign Office: Astrid Eckert, Struggle for the Files, 72.
represented true statements: POLAD, Classified General Correspondence, 1945–49, Record Group 84, entry 2531B, Box 37, [Archives] Location 350/57/18/02, US National Archives and Records Administration.
member of the royal family: Memorandum [no author], May 20, 1946, Record Group 59, Lot File 78D441, Historical Office, Box 13, National Archives.
special restrictions on the file: Record Group 59, CDF, 1945–49, 862.414/8–645, National Archives.
history of the war: Record Group 59, CDF, 1945–49, 862.4016–862.42, Box 6836, National Archives.
transaction over the file: David Harris papers, Box 22, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford.
peace with the United Kingdom in 1940: Record Group 59, Lot File 78D441, Historical Office Records relating to the German Documents Project, 1944–83, Box 6, Historical Office, National Archives.
private life of Queen Elizabeth: Record Group 59, Lot File 78D441, Historical Office, National Archives.
communicated to us: John Balfour to Dean Acheson, October 7, 1945, Record Group 59, Lot File 78D441, Box 6, Historical Office, National Archives.
tamper with official documents: Herbert S. Marks to Dean G. Acheson, October 10, 1945, Record Group 59, Lot File 78D441, Box 13, Historical Office, National Archives.
consultation with the British government: Record Group 59, Lot File 78D441, Box 13, Historical Office, National Archives.
unless he carried out his orders: Record Group 59, Lot File 78D441, Box 24, Folder C103, Historical Office, National Archives.
especially the Queen: Robert D. Murphy papers, Box 163, Folder 5, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford.
her relatives, the Brunswicks: Miranda Carter, Anthony Blunt: His Lives, 315.
Henry the Lion: Diary of Guy Liddell, KV 4/467, National Archives.
past hundred years: Miranda Carter, Anthony Blunt: His Lives, 318.
their own corrupt behaviour: Ibid., 315.
I dare say, tyranny: Astrid Eckert, Struggle for the Files, 74.
gaps in the German Foreign Office files: Record Group 59, Lot File 78D441, Historical Office, National Archives.
parties we have in mind: Paul Robinson Sweet papers, PRO notes, 7, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford.
exploitation by U.S. representatives: Sacha Zala, Geschichte, 188.
irreplaceable historical archives: H. Freeman Mathews (EUR) to Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (Washington), January 31, 1946, Record Group 59, CF 1945–49 (Conf.), Box 5703, FW 840.414/1–2946, National Archives.
monarchy through their eyes: Record Group 59, Lot File 78D441, Historical Office, National Archives.
Chapter Sixteen: Burying the “Hot Potato”
brought home to Germany: Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, Friends, Enemies and Sovereigns (London: Macmillan, 1976), 66–67.
information to our shores: Astrid Eckert, Struggle for the Files, 294.
file had been mislabelled: Letter from Otto Pflanze to Paul Sweet, September 22, 1991, Paul Robinson Sweet papers, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford.
Department agreed to undertake: Sarah Bradford, King George VI, 428.
for HMG to decide: Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart, The Diaries of Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart, Vol II, 1939–1965, ed. Kenneth Young (London: Macmillan, 1980), 572.
bulk of its contents: Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, Friends, Enemies and Sovereigns, 81–82.
please his chief, Ribbentrop: Philip Ziegler, King Edward VIII, 473.
telegram two days later: Sarah Bradford, King George VI, 427.
the Bismarck era: Victoria Schofield, Witness to History: The Life of John Wheeler-Bennett (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012), 185.
think right—isn’t it: William Shawcross, Counting One’s Blessings, 421.
to the highest bidder: Sarah Bradford, King George VI, 447.
undergo a hysterectomy: Michael Bloch, The Secret File of the Duke of Windsor, 244.
ice-veined bitches: Sarah Bradford, King George VI, 448.
bunch of old hags: Michael Bloch, The Secret File of the Duke of Windsor, 279.
disagreeable facts emerging: Author interview.
take another five years: Security Information, July 28, 1953, Paul Robinson Sweet papers, Hoov
er Institution Archives, Stanford.
they would be published: Paul R. Sweet, “The Problem of Official Intervention in the Publication of Documents on German Foreign Policy, 1933–1941,” Sweet papers, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, p. 17, edited version in Historian 59, no. 2 (December 1997).
leaving his job before long: Ibid.
outside the secret circles: Winston Churchill to Dwight D. Eisenhower, June 27, 1953, President–Churchill (vol. 11) May 28, 1953 to October 14, 1953 (3), Box 18, Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers as President of the United States, 1953–61 (Ann Whitman File), Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Abilene, Kansas.
decency, justice and finality: Dwight D. Eisenhower to Winston Churchill, July 2, 1953, President–Churchill (vol. 11) May 28, 1953 to Oct 14, 1953 (5), Box 18, Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers as President (Ann Whitman File).
told about this matter: Beaverbrook papers, BBK/G/25/xx40L, House of Lords Record Office, London.
will probably leak: Memo, personal and confidential, from General W. Bedell Smith to Dwight Eisenhower (Washington), July 6, 1953, Record Group 59 CF 1950–1954, Box 967, 023.1/7–653, National Archives.
satisfactory answers: Bernadotte E. Schmitt to Bernard Noble, July 30, 1953, Paul Robinson Sweet papers, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford.
different period first: Beaverbrook papers, BBK/G/25/xxi 40L, House of Lords Record Office, London.
still set on suppression: John Colville, Fringes of Power, 675.
into the long grass: Astrid Eckert, Struggle for the Files, 251, 254, cited Confidential Record of Cabinet Discussion on August 25, 1953. C. C. (53) 50th Conclusion, Top Secret, No Circulation Record.
do its work first: Margaret Lambert to Paul Sweet, October 8, 1953, Paul Robinson Sweet papers, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford.
cooked up: The Marburg File, BBC Radio 4.
integrity of the project: Paul Sweet to Margaret Lambert, October 4, 1953, Paul Robinson Sweet papers, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford.
for such a decision: Ibid., November 4, 1953.
Eisenhower in Bermuda: Paul Sweet, “The Problem of Official Intervention in the Publication of Documents on German Foreign Policy, 1933–1941,” Sweet papers, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, 28.
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