The Secret Documents

1. The Nazi Plot Begins
2. Churchill and the Mandarins
   Winston Churchill's idea to dump fake reichsmarks on the Germans starts a secret debate within the Treasury. The mandarins argue among themselves, and finally the great economist John Maynard Keynes (JMK) swats it down once and for all, but patriotic Englishmen come up with the idea anyway..
   • Churchill letter (1)
     (PRO T 160/1332).
   • "The Noes Have It" (1)
   • Waley to Keynes and Keynes' reply signed JMK (1)
   • Handwritten note to Waley (1)
   • Handwritten note from Hawtrey (1, 2)
   • Letter from Humphreys of Campden Hill Gardens October 16, 1939 (1, 2, 3)
   • Letter to Capt. Margesson, MP, 5th May 1941 from a pilot officer proposing "Means of Overcoming the Hun" (1, 2)
   • Sir Frederick Phillips letter (1)
     PRO T 160/1344
   • Catterns note to Phillips 28 September 1939 (1, 2)
     PRO T 160/1344
3. Roosevelt Toys with Counterfeiting
4. Bernhard Krueger in Action
5. The Bank is Robbed, and the Swiss Get Pounded
6. The Money Launderers
7. Dollars--and the Final Dump
8. "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie"

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Compiled and Selected by Lawrence Malkin and Margaret Shannon.

Unless otherwise identified, public documents are credited to the U.S. National Archives (NARA); The British National Archives/Public Record Office (PRO), and the archives of the Bank of England (B/E).

Detailed citations are found in the endnotes to Krueger's Men.

 

Letter to Capt. Margesson, MP, 5th May 1941 from a Pilot Officer Proposing "Means of Overcoming the Hun" (2 of 2)

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