Derek Nudd
On 17th January 1944 Rear Admiral Rushbrooke, Director of Naval Intelligence, congratulated his CSDIC (Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre) team leader on handling the near-simultaneous influx of some 250 prisoners. They were survivors of two U-Boats, a torpedo-boat, a blockade-runner and the battlecruiser Scharnhorst.
I am writing a case study around this event; reviewing the five vessels' back stories, how and when the prisoners arrived at Latimer House, what happened to them there, the intelligence harvest, and what use might have been made of it. I will also be looking at some of the eclectic and irreverent personalities who made up the Naval Intelligence team at Latimer.
I aim to develop Helen Fry's important work on CSDIC by illuminating the detailed practicalities of day-to-day operations there. There are already some interesting insights coming out of the work!
I am writing a case study around this event; reviewing the five vessels' back stories, how and when the prisoners arrived at Latimer House, what happened to them there, the intelligence harvest, and what use might have been made of it. I will also be looking at some of the eclectic and irreverent personalities who made up the Naval Intelligence team at Latimer.
I aim to develop Helen Fry's important work on CSDIC by illuminating the detailed practicalities of day-to-day operations there. There are already some interesting insights coming out of the work!
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