Hi Sean,Wadinga wrote: "Just because you tell me a thing...............doesn't necessarily mean you are right"
that's why I have another good reason for not giving you any info anymore....therefore you are still here parroting Kennedy.....
Regarding the "shores of France" signal, repeated in clear, consistent words and with several interesting details in Tovey's letters (many more than the ones in the "redacted" parts you simply cut/past in your interventions; be at least careful when you do so, not to include again and again wrong info... ) for 11 years, IMO there are 2 options:
- 1) the signal was sent in the evening of May 26, possibly deciphered by KGV only (it looks like you admit there can be a cipher code for the C.in.C. HF only.... ), and later espunged from the very few subsequently redacted lists of signals available, as Pound told Tovey he was already doing in May 1941; or
2) Tovey received the "Bay of Biscay" signal, correctly understood (not being dumb) what this was meaning (even W-W was able to understand precisely what the "intentions" signal on May 24 meant for him....); then, in 1950, he was simply misled by Churchill book and connected together this signal with the 1137/27 one
I personally think option 1) is more probable, but option 2) would basically change nothing.... Roskill could not find the "shores of France" signal and he did not confirm it as such, but he said he was unable to see the original message log of KGV and, mostly, he had not in his hands the text of the "Bay of Biscay" signal......
Kennedy, your favorite author, was initially sure that the May 26 signal was actually sent, but then, this time, he followed Roskill "caveat" about it and even misused it in his book, to lowly insinuate Tovey's memory failures (provoking Roskill "reaction" that you have seen several times here).
Bye, Alberto