Chuck
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Yeah, exactly. Wow. Thank you. Exactly. So you want to take a break or you want to dive into World War I era?
Yeah, exactly. Wow. Thank you. Exactly. So you want to take a break or you want to dive into World War I era?
Yeah, exactly. Wow. Thank you. Exactly. So you want to take a break or you want to dive into World War I era?
So by the time World War I rolled around, what was it, 1911, I think? I'm sure I'm wrong and we're going to get a bunch of emails, but let's just say for sake of argument, it was 1911. This is just a couple of years after the Bureau was formed and Sir Cumming was, you know, running around doing his thing. But by this time, he'd—yeah, writing letters with invisible ink all over the place.
So by the time World War I rolled around, what was it, 1911, I think? I'm sure I'm wrong and we're going to get a bunch of emails, but let's just say for sake of argument, it was 1911. This is just a couple of years after the Bureau was formed and Sir Cumming was, you know, running around doing his thing. But by this time, he'd—yeah, writing letters with invisible ink all over the place.
So by the time World War I rolled around, what was it, 1911, I think? I'm sure I'm wrong and we're going to get a bunch of emails, but let's just say for sake of argument, it was 1911. This is just a couple of years after the Bureau was formed and Sir Cumming was, you know, running around doing his thing. But by this time, he'd—yeah, writing letters with invisible ink all over the place.
By this time, though, he'd cultivated some sources already in Germany. He had one guy named B. He was C, and his first source was B. who would report on, you know, comings and goings on the coast and the harbor and their ship sizes and how many ships were in their fleet.
By this time, though, he'd cultivated some sources already in Germany. He had one guy named B. He was C, and his first source was B. who would report on, you know, comings and goings on the coast and the harbor and their ship sizes and how many ships were in their fleet.
By this time, though, he'd cultivated some sources already in Germany. He had one guy named B. He was C, and his first source was B. who would report on, you know, comings and goings on the coast and the harbor and their ship sizes and how many ships were in their fleet.
And although they totally dropped the ball on Germany invading neutral Belgium, which was a big deal, they still managed to give them a lot of like really important intel that basically proved the idea that Britain could really use a MI6 or something like it.
And although they totally dropped the ball on Germany invading neutral Belgium, which was a big deal, they still managed to give them a lot of like really important intel that basically proved the idea that Britain could really use a MI6 or something like it.
And although they totally dropped the ball on Germany invading neutral Belgium, which was a big deal, they still managed to give them a lot of like really important intel that basically proved the idea that Britain could really use a MI6 or something like it.
Yeah. So by the time the interwar period comes along, the 20s, 30s, well, there were some more legendary people. This was a time where it was just like the Wild West in Great Britain as far as spy crafts and intelligence goes. And there's this one guy who's definitely worth mentioning. He was an early agent. And we should say most people call anybody who would be working for MI6 an agent.
Yeah. So by the time the interwar period comes along, the 20s, 30s, well, there were some more legendary people. This was a time where it was just like the Wild West in Great Britain as far as spy crafts and intelligence goes. And there's this one guy who's definitely worth mentioning. He was an early agent. And we should say most people call anybody who would be working for MI6 an agent.