Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents use of pigeons and Kleyn's knowledge of SOE

Pigeon in Rome by D. Truong

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Catalog numbers HS8/854 #14, #15, #16, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27

The first 3 documents provide details about the use of pigeons by Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents.  The next 9 documents discuss whether Kleyn should be allowed to continue to work with the pigeon service and they question the discretion of Lord Tredegar. Some of this correspondence reveals Kleysn's duties and the amount of knowledge he may have had about SOE's activities.   Someone is arrested.  Who?  If you check the post from September 21, 2015 titled "D-Day---number of pigeons dropped to gather intelligence before D-Day, May 1944" you will see that Kleyn signed that report.  It seems he survived the political power struggle alluded to in this correspondence.

 The Feb 3 communication referenced below is not included in the HS8/854 series, so I can't post it.