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Page 134 ” 'I appreciate that words spoken in heat may not express a considered judgment. . .' ” Knezevic, Second Part: p. 5.
Page 135 ” 'much worse things would be heard than that speech by General Mihailovich,' he told Churchill” Knezevic, Second Part: p. 6.
Page 135 ” 'I avoid battle with the Communists in the country and fight only when attacked' ” Knezevic, Second Part: p. 9.
Page 135 ”detailing an 'operational decision' concerning Mihailovich” Knezevic, Second Part: p. 10.
Page 136 ” 'who was killing the most Germans and suggesting means by which we could help to kill more' ” Ford, Corey, p. 206.
Page 137 ”If Hitler invaded h.e.l.l, I would make at least a favorable reference to the Devil in the House of Commons!” Churchill, Winston S. Never Give In: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches. Never Give In: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches. New York: Hyperion, 2003, p. 289. New York: Hyperion, 2003, p. 289.
Page 138 ”Some OSS agents felt that the British were every bit their enemy as the Germans, at least when it came to their intelligence activities” Tompkins, Peter. Italy Betrayed. Italy Betrayed. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966, p. 253. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966, p. 253.
Page 139 ”the heaviest American soldier to make a successful parachute jump in World War II” Ford, Kirk, Jr., p. 29.
Page 139 ”could mobilize more than four hundred thousand if he had arms for them” Musulin, George. ”Report on the Michailovic's Cetnik army; suggestions of some Allied support.” Central Intelligence Agency 1944. Reproduced in Decla.s.sified Doc.u.ments Reference System, Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Group, 2006.
Page 139 ” 'a fairly well-organized army' ” Interestingly, an American woman was one of Mihailovich's better-known fighters. Ruth Mitch.e.l.l, the sister of William (Billy) Mitch.e.l.l, the outspoken Army Air Forces general who was court-martialed in 1925 for accusing superiors of incompetence in not focusing more on air power. His red-haired, headstrong sister volunteered to serve with Mihailovich, acting as liaison officer of the Chetniks with the British army. She was captured by the Gestapo after several months and spent thirteen months in German prisons. She was finally released in 1942 as a result of pressure from the Swiss government and returned to the United States, where she helped report on German atrocities and torture.
Page 141 ”virtually all communications in and out of Yugoslavia had to go through British channels” Ford, Kirk, Jr., p. 14. George Vujnovich also confirmed in personal interviews that the British were difficult to work with and sometimes seemed to intentionally interfere with OSS operations.
Page 141 ”We can't fight Jerry with bare feet, brave hearts, and Radio London” Ford, Kirk, Jr., p. 31.
Page 142 ”The doc.u.ments included transcripts . . .” Brown, Colin, and John Crossland. ”How a Soviet Mole United t.i.to and Churchill.” The Independent, The Independent, June 28, 1997: 1A. June 28, 1997: 1A.
Page 143 ”that the time should be called the 'Klugmann period' ” Martin, The Web of Disinformation The Web of Disinformation: Churchill's Yugoslav Blunder, Churchill's Yugoslav Blunder, p. 94. p. 94.
Page 144 ” 'Klugmann was a mole whose great accomplishment . . .' ” Martin, The Web of Disinformation The Web of Disinformation: Churchill's Yugoslav Blunder, Churchill's Yugoslav Blunder, p. xix. p. xix.
Page 144 ” 'the pure intellectual of the Party' ” Woodward, E. L. British Foreign Policy in the Second World War British Foreign Policy in the Second World War. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1962, p. 346.
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Page 148 ”by October 1944 that number would reach forty” O'Donnell, Patrick K. Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs: The Unknown Story of the Men and Women of WWII's OSS Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs: The Unknown Story of the Men and Women of WWII's OSS. New York: Free Press, 2004, p. 86.
Page 149 ” 'Listen, you b.a.s.t.a.r.ds! You think I went in and risked my life for almost a year for nothing?' ” Ford, Kirk, Jr., p. 51.
Page 149 ”I came to Bari and saw Partisans all over the d.a.m.n town” Ford, Kirk, Jr., p. 51.
Page 150 ”Yugoslav refugee girls working as waitresses who made no effort to conceal their pro-Communist politics, even wearing Partisan uniforms around Bari on their off hours.” Martin, The Web of Disinformation The Web of Disinformation: Churchill's Yugoslav Blunder Churchill's Yugoslav Blunder, p. 107.
Page 153 ”they hadn't completely vacated the premises by the time the OSS moved in” Ford, Corey, p. 122.
Page 154 ” 'absolute discretion, sobriety, devotion to duty, languages, and wide experience,' Ian advised” McLachlan, Donald. Room 39. Room 39. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson: 1968, p. 233. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson: 1968, p. 233.
Page 154 ” 'calculatingly reckless' and trained for 'aggressive action' ” Smith, Richard Harris. OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency. Guilford, Connecticut: The Lyons Press, 1973, p. 31.
Page 154 ”The most important qualification, Donovan declared, was strength of character” Ford, Corey, 1970, p. 134.
Page 155 ”A columnist for the Was.h.i.+ngton Times Was.h.i.+ngton Times wrote of the new OSS . . .” Brown, Anthony Cave. wrote of the new OSS . . .” Brown, Anthony Cave. The Last Hero: Wild Bill Donovan. The Last Hero: Wild Bill Donovan. New York: Vintage Books, 1984, p. 301. New York: Vintage Books, 1984, p. 301.
Page 156 ”and a Catholic missionary who had lived with the Kachin tribesmen in northern Burma” Ford, Corey, p. 135.
Page 157 ” 'The major part of our intelligence was the result of good old-fas.h.i.+oned intellectual sweat' ” Ford, Corey, p. 148.
Page 157 ”Largely because of the number of upper-cla.s.s, Ivy League-graduates in the ranks, OSS agents at desks in Was.h.i.+ngton and in the field around the world tended to share a social idealism, the same unwavering faith in the common man espoused by Donovan.” Smith, p. 26.