Mr. Pretzl, the manuscript collector, appears to have worked largely in military intelligence. He interrogated Arabic-speaking soldiers captured in the invasion of France, then, according to some accounts, set off on a mission to stir up an Arab uprising against British troops in Iraq. His plane crashed.
Wow. This is like a spy novel.
14 posted on 09/21/2016 11:03:13 PM PDT by BlackVeil
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