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A veteran interview with

Peter Lee

Peter Murray Lee provides a fascinating insight into his work in SOE. He originally transferred from the Intelligence Corps to become a security officer.

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Peter Lee was at the War Office when his superior tried to have him posted elsewhere but he was able to join Special Operation Executive (SOE). Initially he was at SOE HQ in London, in charge of field agent’s security. After this he was posted to north Africa and later Italy, where he worked with secret agents recruited from First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY). He also supervised two Russian agents who were parachuted into German occupied Italy.

Peter was responsible for the training many of the FANY’s and ensuring the secrecy of their missions. One of these operations was the destruction of a huge steel press used to make German tanks. It was realised at the time that many agents sent out would never return and this unnerved some of the trainers. He regards the war as the most interesting time of his life and was in some ways sorry when it ended.

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A veteran interview with

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Peter Murray Lee provides a fascinating insight into his work in SOE. He originally transferred from the Intelligence Corps to become a security officer.

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