World War I

Handout Seven

Topic: Cloak & Dagger in World War I

 OUTLINE:

 VII. Cloak & Dagger in World War I

1. Introduction.
2. The Start
3. Room 40 and Blinker Hall
4. The Germans and the Zimmermann Telegram
5. German Sabotage in America
6. Deception
7. Setting the Stage for the Future

 QUESTIONS: 

1. 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?
2. Who was C and what part did he play in the development of His Majesty’s Intelligence Service?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. What was Black Tom? How did the Germans pull this off?
6. 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?
7. 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