Threlfall, Henry McLeod (Oral history)

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British officer served as instructor with STS 31, Special Operations Executive at The Rings, Beaulieu in GB, 4/1941-12/1941; served with D/S Section, Special Operations Executive in Stockholm, Sweden, 1/1942-8/1942; served as Assistant Head of D/S Section, Special Operations Executive in London, GB, 8/1942-10/1943; served as Assistant Head of Central European Section, Special Operations Executive in GB and Italy, 1943-1945

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REEL 1 Background in GB, 1907-1936: family; education. Aspects of period as civilian in Berlin, Germany, 1936-1939: reaction to outbreak of Second World War, 9/1939; obligation to attend Nazi parades; participating in sports competition organised by Ministry of Propaganda, 8/1938; attitude of German population towards Nazis; reaction to Nazi propaganda; view of destruction of Jewish owned department store on morning after Kristallnacht, 10/11/1938; Nazi regime's treatment of foreigners; Aspects of period as officer with Intelligence Corps in GB, 1939-1941: joining Intelligence Corps; military intelligence training; pattern of service in GB, 1940; background to recruitment to Special Operations Executive. Recollections of period as instructor with STS 31, Special Operations Executive at The Rings, Beaulieu, GB, 4/1941-12/1941: nature of instructional duties; memories of Kim Philby. REEL 2 Continues: nature of French and Norwegian agents; memories of Norwegians Joachim Rønneberg and Martin Linge; nature of security problems; attending course at University of Cambridge on future administration of Occupied Europe by Allied Military Governments. Aspects of period as officer with D/S Section, Special Operations Executive in Stockholm, Sweden, 1/1942-8/1942: cover role as clerk to naval attaché; flight from GB to Sweden; pro-German attitudes in Sweden; strict Swedish insistence on neutral status; story of Swedish agent's attempt to block Kiel Canal in Germany; story of how his cover was blown, 8/1942. REEL 3 Continues: Aspects of period as Assistant Head of D/S Section, Special Operations Executive in London, GB, 8/1942-10/1943: duties and responsibilities; problems of Danish Resistance and development of Special Operations Executive in Denmark; opinion of Section Head, Ralph Hollingworth; approving execution of agent in Denmark; comparison between Danish and Norwegian Resistance; attempts of section to organise resistance in Estonia. Recollections of period as Assistant Head of Central European Section, Special Operations Executive in GB and Italy, 1943-1945: objectives of section; problems of obtaining aircraft; attitude of regular services towards Special Operations Executive; comparisons between Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. REEL 4 Continues: placing of agent in Budapest, Hungary; effect of German occupation of Hungary, 3/1944; escape of agent from Hungary; problems of organising resistance in Hungary; reasons for move to Italy; organisation of Force 139; how Polish officer had illicit communication with Poland; Polish complaint about lack of support for Warsaw Uprising, 8/1944-9/1944; aircraft losses during Warsaw Uprising, 8/1944-9/1944; personal strain experienced during Warsaw Uprising, 8/1944-1944; Soviet attitude towards air supply drops during Warsaw Uprising, 8/1944-9/1944. REEL 5 Continues: Soviet Army's failure to enter Warsaw, Poland during Warsaw Uprising, 8/1944-9/1944; problems faced during Warsaw Uprising, 8/1944-9/1944; his liaison with Royal Air Force; question of importance to political future of Poland of success of Warsaw Uprising; his flight to meet Brigadier-General Jan Golian in Slovakia, 9/1944; objectives of mission and reception received from Brigadier-General Jan Golian; opinion of suitability of Slovakia for guerrilla warfare; possible hazards of flight to and from Slovakia; conference on landing site. REEL 6 Continues: his departure and report on uprising; outcome of rising and fate of Brigadier-General Jan Golian; question of the dropping of agents into Czechoslovakia; joining delegation to negotiated German surrender in Italy, 5/1945; crossing German lines near Bolzano, Italy; reaction of Italian civilians to liberation; contrast in attitude of civilians in South Tyrol; sight of concentration camp survivors; arrival at German Army headquarters; division of responsibilities between German Army and Schutzstaffel (SS) in northern Italy; objectives of mission; friction between Special Operations Executive personnel and Italian Partisans; Italian Partisan massacre of Germans after armistice signed; contact with Allied POWs; discovery of stock of luxury goods. REEL 7 Continues: Italian Partisans' killing of Ukrainian torturers who had worked for Gestapo; reception received from SS General Karl Wolff at his headquarters; enquiry into disappearance of Allied officers and attempt to trace them; case of American air force officer; American arrest of entire staff of Schutzstaffel (SS) headquarters; how Schutzstaffel (SS) officers betrayed each other; winding up of Special Operations Executive operations.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1945-1989 (production), Second World War (content), Interwar (association), Second World War (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (Recorder)
Threlfall, Henry McLeod (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1984-05-14
Dimensions: whole: Duration 240, Number Of Items 7
Catalogue number: 8238

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