The 30 Minute Rule begins June 10 at 7:00 PM EDT. An Initial Bid Must Be Placed By June 10 at 6:00 PM EDT To Participate After 6:00 PM EDT
TLS signed “D.D.E.,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, August 23, 1966. Letter to General Sir Kenneth Strong of the Ministry of Defense, in full: “I am delighted that your book will come out within the year. I shall be looking forward to reading it with great interest. If the quotations you are using from me are something that I have already made in public you are at liberty to use them as you please. The only question in this case is that if you quote anything from CRUSADE IN EUROPE the copyright belongs to Doubleday and Company, but if you merely send a copy of anything out of that book to me I will assure Doubleday's agreement. If any of your quotations are from casual conversations between us perhaps you should send them to me, not because of any possibility of refusal on my part but merely to see that the wording is correct, so far as I can remember.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing in the margins.
Major-General Sir Kenneth W. D. Strong (1900-1982) was a senior British intelligence officer who played a central role in Allied strategy during World War II, serving as chief intelligence adviser (G-2) to General Dwight D. Eisenhower at Allied Force Headquarters and later at SHAEF, where he contributed to the planning of D-Day and the negotiations for Germany’s unconditional surrender. After the war, he became a leading figure in British intelligence administration, serving as head of the Political Warfare Executive, director of the Foreign Office’s Political Intelligence Department, and founding director of the Joint Intelligence Bureau, ultimately rising to Director General of Intelligence at the Ministry of Defence.
Published in 1967, Intelligence at the Top: The Recollections of an Intelligence Officer is General Strong’s memoir of his service as a senior British intelligence officer during World War II, focusing on his role as chief intelligence adviser to General Dwight D. Eisenhower in both the Mediterranean and at SHAEF. The book offers a high-level account of how intelligence, particularly Ultra decrypts and other strategic sources, was gathered, assessed, and applied to Allied planning and operations, including the D-Day invasion.
This item is Pre-Certified by PSA/DNA
Buy a third-party letter of authenticity for
$100.00
*This item has been pre-certified by a trusted third-party authentication service, and by placing a bid on this item, you agree to accept the opinion of this authentication service. If you wish to have an opinion rendered by a different authenticator of your choosing, you must do so prior to your placing of any bid. RR Auction is not responsible for differing opinions submitted 30 days after the date of the sale.
Third-party authentication service applies only to signatures and handwriting, and does not cover the addition of sketches, artwork, musical quotations, etc.
