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Ibid
., appendix and pp. 180-183.
4.
    The Phony War:
Ibid
.
5.
    Next morning at 6:00: Tristan Gaston-Breton,
Sauvez l’Or de la Banque de France
, p.91.
6.
    Job was finished: Adolphe Leportier,
La Bataille de l’Or
, pp. 184-185.
7.
    Had to wait:
Ibid
.
8.
    And the docks: Tristan Gaston-Breton,
Sauvez l’Or de la Banque de France,
p. 96.
9.
    Doing the impossible: Adolphe Leportier,
La Bataille de l’Or
, pp. 187-189.
10.
  Tons of bullion:
Ibid
., p. 202.
11.
  June ten stop: Adolphe Leportier,
La Bataille de l’Or
, p. 178.
12.
  North by train:
Ibid
.
13.
  Twenty-four hours stop:
Ibid
., p. 179.
14.
  Absolute secrecy stop:
Ibid
., p. 195. Zygmunt Karpi
ski sworn deposition in Supreme Court of the State of New York, 1941 in the case Sigismond J. Stojowski et al against Banque de France. Court Index N. 34164-1941.
15.
  For our destination: Adolphe Leportier,
La Bataille de l’Or
, p. 199.
16.
  On a 248 course:
Ibid
., p. 200.
17.
  Speed 15.5 knots:
Ibid
., p. 201.
18.
  Polish State Bank:
Ibid
., p. 203.
19.
  Ploy of German warfare:
Ibid
., p. 205.
20.
  Pulled into Casablanca:
Ibid
., 208.
21.
  He was told: Charles Moreton,
Lettre d’Un Grand-Père
, Cahiers Anecdotiques de la Banque de France.
22.
  Stop in Casablanca: Charles
Ibid
,
Annex II,
Cahiers Anecdotiques de la Banque de France. Report d’Oran du Verdon à Casablanca, convoi M. Moreton, June 9, 1940, FNB 1060200101-27.
23.
  Very busy track:
Ibid
.
24.
  Whole affair grotesque:
Ibid
.
25.
  Going to Canada: Charles Moreton,
Lettre d’Un Grand-Père
. Adolphe Leportier,
La Bataille de l’Or
p. 169.
26.
  Monitor the transfer:
Ibid
.
27.
  No ships available: Tristan Gaston-Breton,
Sauvez l’Or de la Banque de France
, p. 84. Orville H. Bullitt,
For the President Personal & Secret
, p.434.
28.
  France and Spain meet: Orville H. Bullitt,
For the President Personal & Secret
, pp. 434-435.
29.
  Handle the shipment: Pierre Arnoult,
Les Finances de la France (1940-44),
p. 200.
30.
  Arrived in New York: Charles Moreton,
Lettre d’Un Grand-Père
. Adolphe Leportier,
La Bataille de l’Or
pp. 164-194. Villard report of February 18, 1948, Banque de France, Villard report of February 2, 1948, FNB 1060200101-27.
31.
  Near the bank: Charles Moreton report on the voyage of the
Primauguet
from
Le Verdon
to Casablanca June 21, 1940. Banque de France, 1280199901/07.
32.
  Business very well:
Ibid
.
33.
  Also raining hard:
Ibid
.
34.
  Lingered for days: Adolphe Leportier,
La Bataille de l’Or
, p. 224 and Charles Moreton,
Lettre d’Un Grand-Père
.
35.
  First French port: Charles Moreton,
Lettre d’Un Grand-Père
.
36.
  At fifteen tons: Adolphe Leportier,
La Bataille de l’Or
, p. 228.
37.
  For grandsons stop: Charles Moreton,
Lettre d’Un Grand-Père
.
CHAPTER TWENTY: BRITAIN ON THE BRINK
1.
    Won by evacuations: Martin Gilbert,
The Churchill War Papers
, Vol. II, pp. 240-247.
2.
    Chamberlain will return: John Colville,
The Fringes of Power
, May 11, 1940, p. 123.
3.
    Land nor gold: Max Hastings,
Winston’s War,
p. 79.
Horatio
: ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_horatiuspoem.htm.
4.
    With Britain’s gold: www.laurentic.com.
5.
    Million a month: Duncan McDowell, Bank of Canada,
Due Diligence
, p. 125
6.
    Up to 4,748 bars:
Ibid
., summary p. 4.
7.
    Way we can: BA BOC File A 18-17.
8.
    About sending some: BA BOC file A 16-2.
9.
    Prescribed sterling price: BA T177/45.
10.
  The country’s safety: John Colville,
The Fringes of Power
, p. 139.
11.
  The special cargo. Alfred Draper,
Operation Fish
, pp. 15-17.
12.
  Months were enormous:
Ibid
., p. 22.
13.
  Facilities were disorganized: BA T177/56, Memorandum by War Cabinet Secretary E. E. Bridges from October 6, 1939.
14.
  With all dispatch: Augustus Agar,
Footprints in the Sea
, pp. 233-240.
15.
  For our retirement.
Ibid
.
16.
  Heading that way: Alfred Draper,
Operation Fish
, Appendix.
17.
  Otherwise we’re done: David Dilks,
The Diaries of Sir Alexander Cadogan 1938-1945
, p. 288.
18.
  To invade Britain: BA, T160.1054.
19.
  Twelve months ago: David Dilks,
The Diaries of Sir Alexander Cadogan
, p. 288.
20.
  The country’s wealth: Alfred Draper,
Operation Fish
, pp. 150-155.
21.
  Finance their war: BA T/177/56.
22.
  For every eventuality:
Ibid
.
23.
  By end-July: BA T/177/56.
24.
  Shall we go ahead: BA T160/1054.
25.
  Be welcomed here: BA 77/177-56.
26.
  Most frightful rot: BA NC 2/24A and John Lukacs,
Five Days in London
, p. 17.
27.
  For peace conditions:
Ibid
., pp. 151-155.
28.
  Invasion of England: Karl Dönitz,
The Conduct of the War at Sea
, p. 12.
29.
  The Atlantic Ocean: Alfred Draper,
Operation Fish
, pp. 152-169.
30.
  Not be insured:
Ibid
., pp. 209-215.
31.
  Signal-lamp.message godspeed:
Ibid
., pp. 206-211.
32.
  Company in Montreal: Leland Stowe,
How Britain’s Wealth Went West
.
33.
  The port bow: Alfred Draper,
Operation Fish
, p. 215.
34.
  Four-hour shifts:
Operation Fish
, pp. 213-230.
35.
  More than £100 million:
Ibid
., Appendix I and IV.
36.
  Just about over: BA T160/1054.
37.
  Former Naval Person: Warren F. Kimball.
Churchill & Roosevelt: The Complete Correspondence. Vol. 1
, p. 24.
38.
  Our last reserves: Jon Meacham,
Franklin and Winston
, p.81. HM 389:60, April 15, 1940.
39.
  Are now disappearing: BA W.P. (40) 334.
40.
  More than £20 million:
Ibid
.40
41.
  Unprecedented third term: Winston Churchill,
The Second World War, Their Finest Hour
, pp. 24-25.
42.
  Money we want: Victoria Schofield,
Witness to History
, pp. 112-113.
43.
  Indiscretion more calculated:
Ibid
.
44.
  Times as much: Churchill,
Finest Hour
, pp. 369-370.
45.
  Our common purpose: Warren F. Kimball,
Churchill & Roosevelt: The Complete Correspondence
, Vol. 1, pp. 102-109. BA MR PREM 3/486/1/299-313.A.
46.
  Fire is over: University of Santa Barbara, The American Presidency Project. www.presidency.ucsb.edu. December 17, 1940 press conference.
47.
  Whole of recorded history: Churchill speech on November 10 1941 speech at the Mansion House in London. Richard Langworth,
Churchill by Himself
, p. 131.
48.
  Arsenal of democracy: www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=15917.
49.
  Interview of Thomas McKittrick, Princeton University Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library.
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: DESTINATION DAKAR
1.
    Weighed in at 1,097 tons: Charles Moreton,
Lettre d’Un Grand-Père
, Cahiers Anecdotiques de la Banque de France.
2.
    Car and plane: Didier Bruneel,
Les Secrets de l’Or
, p. 135. Adolphe Leportier,
La Bataille de l’Or
, p. 251. Pierre Arnoult,
Les Finances de la France 1940-1944
, p. 202.
3.
    Still meant to fight: Cordell Hull,
Memoirs
, p. 345.
4.
    In the afternoon: Adolphe Lepotier,
La Bataille de l’Or
, pp. 235-242. Charles Moreton,
Lettre d’Un Grand-Père
.
5.
    Along the way: Charles Moreton,
Lettre d’Un Grand-Père
.
6.
    From the Germans: FNB AVdF-1280199901-box 24.
7.
    Between their buttocks:
Lettre d’Un Grand-Père
.
8.
    Belgian and Luxembourg: FNB AVdF-1280199901-box 24.
9.
    For his grandchildren: Charles Moreton,
Lettre d’Un Grand-Père
.
10.
  Sessions in Paris: Pierre Arnoult,
Les Finances de la France 1940-1944
, pp. 10-15.
11.
  Sent to Dakar: Adolphe Lepotier,
La Bataille l’Or
, p. 324, Annexe IV.
12.
  Troops could land: Didier Bruneel,
Les Secrets de l’Or
, p. 134, Pierre Arnoult,
Les Finances de la France 1940-1944
pp. 202-204 and p. 230.
13.
  Standoff dragged on: Pierre Arnoult,
Les Finances de la France 1940-1944
, pp. 227-236.
14.

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