Captain John Starr and Jean Overton Fuller

Jul. 07, 1954 - He claims that war office Blunders caused him to be falsely branded a Traitor. Captain John Starr, former British spy, said yesterday that war office blunders have caused him to be falsely branded as a traitor. He has come to Britain from Paris with his wife and three children to prove his innocence. I was never never a traitor he said If i dont get saisfaction from the House of Commons I shall approach the War Office. After I was taken prisoner by the Nazis in 1943 on my second Parachute into France. I resalised out. I pretended to work with the Nazis because i Knew they had captured our Radio transmitters and hoped to get an Unmistakenly phoney message out.. But i was horrified when London, who had not received the full code on messages, pointed out the mistake, The Germans who were operating the seized sets got the British replies to my messages. Scores of Frenchmen and British agents he added Went to their death because of this. The Germans wore waiting for them. OPS Captain John Starr, former British spy, seen with author Jean Overton Fuller, who has written a book The Starr Affair in which she vindicates Starr

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