#2 Get the book, "The Man Who Never Was," out of the library. The author's name is Ewen Montagu.
Montagu states that "I found that the word 'Mincemeat' had just been restored afer employment in a successful operation some time before. My sense of humour having by this time (in the development of the project) become somewhat macabre, the word seemed to be one of good omen--and "Operation Mincemeat" it became."
Monatgu also states that permission to use the body was granted by next of kin on condition that the man's name wouldn't be revealed. The man died of pneumonia following exposure. |