The Double-Cross System in the War of 1939 to 1945, Masterman, J.C. Published by Folio Society London 2007. 8vo up to 9½” tall., xxxii, 215pp, illustrated with glossy black and white photographs. Introduction by M R D Foot. Quarter navy cloth over photo illustrated boards, silver spine titles. Housed in a blue slipcase. In fine, unread condition.
Filled with highly sensitive information about espionage, this secret report was never intended to go beyond a very select audience within the government and security services. The man who wrote it in 1945 was J. C. Masterman, MI5 recruit and leader of the shadowy XX Committee. He was the mastermind behind one of the war’s most remarkable achievements: finding, turning and then running almost every Nazi agent to penetrate the British Isles.
