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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 29, 1940
The War Of Nerves
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But it is necessary to revert to the question of the wireless and to point to a further example of the activity exercised by certain firms. One of these proposed through its Polish agent alterations of certain parts of the wire- less transmitters in order to improve their efficiency. Another international firm even received an order for parts of the same kind from the Polish army. As a matter of fact, these vari- ous consignments enabled the Germans to check the exact number of the dif- ferent types of transmitters and their location in Poland.
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Service may be in a position to state that it was fortunately able to dis- cover certain cases of treason before" the war. It might, in particular, quote the case of an Office B on mission to Berlin, was in reality attached to the German services. This affair culminated in Warsaw in a sen- sational trial. Further, it is possible to mention the case of another officer, who, faced with the proof of his gulit, chose the alternative of suicide, De-. plorable events, happily, few in num- a nature to cause a ber, and not of stain on the honour of the heroic Polish Army.
In conclusion, it is necessary to re- call that the Germans had organised
Thus by infinite ramifications, the Gestapo had succeeded in extending to the whole of Poland a closely mesh-in Poland ed network of espionage which at the given moment was destined to paralyse completely the Polish resistance.
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a network of espionage based upon the ethical minorities and on the disguised agents of the Nazis. This espionage was not merely military (a matter difficult to carry throguh) The part played by wireless in the or technical (easy owing to the con- Polish war was extremely important. ciliatory character of the Poles). The Germans had supplied the German was a psychological and ideological minority in Poland not only with re-organisation, which, for the same rea- ceiving stations but also with senders. sons, could be easily realised in Po- The latter, constructed in series, were land. The Germans benefited by the designed to launch false news in order confidence of the Poles and succeeded to create a panic. The most powerful in intoxicating them by their pro- had been installed in the suburbs of
paganda. the great cities. They were to assure the connections with the German Gen- eral Staff (the stations for this pur- pose were less powerful and more mobile) and to inform the German planes. The organisation was not com- plicated and was based on the same system as that functioning during the Spanish civil war.
Let us take an example. The Ger- man bombers destroyed railway junc- tions, bombed certain points in the forests in which tanks had been con- cealed. Later, it was discovered that a German spy had been in the vicinity with a sender by which he informed the German planes of the various movements of the troops.
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It must be admitted that the organisa- tion of the German wireless was carried marvellously conceived and
out.
Long before the war, the Germans had prepared false statements to be attributed to the Polish Government, false interviews of Poles on records of Polish reproducing the voices speakers, whereas the real Polish transmissions were to be stifled by at- mospherics.
As soon as a city had been occupied by the Germans, their first care was to replace the Polish wireless staff by Germans speaking Polish. Then the Polish posts were connected with the German stations.
The whole of this organisation had been carefully prepared in advance. It is true that in the cases mentioned, care has been taken to avoid touching upon any specifically military ques- tions.
The "luxury" spies held their as- sizes in the higher classes of Polish society. Moreover, at the precent time, espionage is not merely confined to the theft of documents, which is more complicated since it extends to several domains and demands numerous · qualifications.
Above all things, this department demands powerful psychological gifts, including that of foreseeing the re- enemy, his decisions actions of the
and his rejoinders.
It is possible to refer to one case in Poland, where the Germans have
A Polish military- played this card: leader, in whom the Poles placed en- tire confidence, showed in the course of the war a considerable inability to take a decision. This caused general surprise. Some time before the hostili- lies, the Polish commander, suffering from a throat disease, had called in a German doctor. The latter put him under observation and had every cp- portunity of making the complete acquaintance of his patient. On return- ing to Germany, the doctor' estab- lished a psychological report. The German General Staff was able to draw very useful conclusions.
The Polish tragedy shows that, in | wartime, "all information is important. Psychological data are as useful as military information. This is why all appeals to prudence should be noted and followed in the whole world. It is the duty of each free citizen to du serve them. It is a question of life or death of his country and of human freedom.
THE END World copyright, 1940. Some day, the Polish Intelligence tion, even in part, strictly forbidden.
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