World War I
Handout Seven
Topic: Cloak & Dagger in World War
I
OUTLINE:
VII. Cloak & Dagger in World War
I
- Introduction.
- The Start
- Room 40 and Blinker Hall
- The Germans and the Zimmermann Telegram
- German Sabotage in America
- Deception
- Setting the Stage for the Future
QUESTIONS:
- When did the Europeans and Americans enter the field
of intelligence? What was the state of those intelligence services on the
eve of World War I in both Europe and the United States?
- Who was C and what part did he play in the development
of His Majesty’s Intelligence Service?
- Who was Sidney Reilly? Is it true the Ian Fleming, the
author of the 007 novels, used him as a prototype for James Bond? What were
some of his achievements? What happened to him?
- How important was codebreaking in World War I? What
was the main achievement of Room 40 and Blinker Hall? How did the British
achieve this success?
- What was Black Tom? How did the Germans pull this off?
- How did the British utilize deception in Palestine
during World War I? What would this lead to later in the annals of
Anglo-American intelligence successes?
- Was Mata Hari really a spy? Why did the French decide
to shot her?
TERMS:
ONI Arthur Zimmermann
MID Fritz von Papen
Room 40 Black Tom
Blinker Hall Dark Invader
“C” Fritz von Rintelen
Sidney Reilly Abwehr
Dora Kaplan Richard Meinertzhagen
Magdeburg Deception
Zimmermann Note