HOW TO BE A SPY The World War II SOE Training Manual - by Denis Rigd (2004)

Publisher's Note
This publication reproduces the basic syllabus used at the Special Training
Schools (STSs) of the Special Operations Executive. The version re-
produced here - to our knowledge the most complete and comprehensive of
the surviving SOE training materials - was used at STS 103 in Canada,
better known as Camp X. The lecture folders containing the syllabus are to
be found in two files, HS 7/55 and HS 7/56, which may be consulted at the
National Archives, Kew. The aim has been to reproduce the words, layout
and appearance of the original documents as faithfully as possible.
However, to keep the extent of this edition within bounds, the lists of
library books, films and supplementary reading material have been
omitted. Also, where necessary, lines and lettering have been strength-
ened in some of the illustrations; obvious typing errors have been
corrected; and cross-references have been revised to conform to the pagi-
nation of this edition. The Introduction and Index are modern additions.
The National Archives is grateful to the Imperial War Museum for
permission to reproduce the pictures from their photograph archive that
appear on pages 3, 5, 15 and 23 and on the back of the jacket; and to Lynn-
Philip Hodgson, Director of the Camp X Society, for permission to
reproduce the photographs from his book Inside-Camp X that appear on
pages 10, 12, 13 and 16. All other photographs are from the National
Archives Image Library.