4 Feb '39 -- D. Ops., T to London 2

Request status update, GRACKLE.

4 Feb '39 -- London 2 to D. Ops., T;

Birdkeeper has gone silent. No sign of GRACKLE.

4 Feb '39 -- Lisbon station to London 2

Radio reports of possible conflagration at . Timeframe consistent with Birdkeeper's arrival.

4 Feb '39 -- D. Ops., T to Lisbon Station

What the hell is a "possible conflagration"? Get someone on site.

4 Feb '39 -- Lisbon Station to D. Ops., T; London 2

Negative, London. Heavy patrols at the border.

5 Feb '39 -- D. Ops., T to London 2

GRACKLE status?

5 Feb '39 -- London 2 to D. Ops., T;

No change. Suggest GRACKLE be reassigned to low priority pending change of status.

5 Feb '39 -- D. Ops., T to London 2

Like hell you will.

5 Feb '39 -- to London 2; D. Ops., T

Agreed. Reshuffle GRACKLE as appropriate.

18 Feb '39 -- London 2 to D. Ops., T;

GRACKLE: Birdkeeper en route via steamer. Status unknown. Expected arrival 3 days, Portsmouth via Dublin.

Son of Daniel (b.1879 - d.1916) and Marilyn Marsh nee Barker (b.1884 - d.1932)

No known relations or next of kin. However, see regarding details of an extensive patronage.

Phys:
5'9", 165 lbs.
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Distinctive marks: multiple laceration scars on both hands (see below, N.B. history of aggression, physical altercations, minor criminal activities)

Documented criminal infractions:
Possession of stolen goods 1926
Larceny 1926, 1928
Assault 1927
1927
1927, 1929
1928
1929
(See also )

Education:
Medburn Street School, 1922 - 1928
Trinity College, University of Oxford, 1927 - 1930
    European Languages, Botany

Language fluencies:
English, German, French

Language competencies:
Spanish, Danish

Martial service (Royal Navy, 1930 - 1938):
Lieutenant, 1930
Lieutenant Commander, 1938

Specialized Training, Fort Monckton (1938):
Insertions
Surveillance (conducting, breaking)
Subterfuge
Interrogation (conducting, resisting)
Unarmed combat

Currently assigned to circulating section 'T', under J. Stephenson, D. Ops.

Exploitable vulnerabilities:

Tendency toward spontaneous displays of aggression. Free-floating anger combined with poor ability to resist impulses creates a general tendency toward violence. (See below.)

Congenital intermittent pain and weakness in left knee. Cause unknown.

Susceptible to feelings of obligation toward women and children. Possibly rooted in feelings of chronic feelings of loneliness.

Son of James MacDonald Lorimer (b.1861 - d.1937) and Henrietta "Hettie" Lorimer nee Mackintosh (b.1864)

Siblings: Richard (b.1884 - d.1890), Dorothy (b. 1887), Junie (b. 1889)

Spouse: Rachel Lorimer nee Green (b. 1887 - d. 1910)
Married: 13 Apr 1909
Children: none

Spouse: Anne-Marie Lorimer nee Snodgrass (b. 1897)
Married: 2 Sep 1920
Children: Belinda (b. 1921) Mary (b. 1922) James Fraser (b. 1925)

Phys:
5'8", 180 lbs.
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Distinctive marks: fingers exhibit mottled discoloration/bleaching, possibly owing to prolonged exposure to chemical reagents

Education:
St. Bartholomew's, Edinburgh 1897 - 1903
Heriot-Watt College (Watt Institution and School of Arts) 1903-1906

Martial service (British Army, 1906 - 1934):
Royal Regiment of Artillery, 1906 - 1917
Corps of Royal Engineers, 1917 - 1925
Army Film and Photographic Unit, 1925 - 1934

Private, 1906
Lance-Bombardier, 1907
Bombardier, 1909
Serjeant, 1911

Award for Meritorious Service: Distinguished Conduct Medal (1915)
Campaign Medal: 1914 Star

Professional Affiliations:
General Post Office Film Unit, 1934-present.

Exploitable vulnerabilities:

Extreme distrust for members of higher social classes and members of the medical profession. Borders on antipathy.

Profound fear of rats, dating to wartime experiences ca. 1916.

First wife died in childbirth, along with first son.

Son of Gottfried (b.1846 - d.1899) and Marlissa von Westarp nee Schniewind (b.1851 - d.1915)

No surviving close relations or next of kin.

(NB: Newspaper records from 1919 list one Countess Heila von Westarp [speculation: second cousin on KH's father's side?] as having been executed by agents of the Bavarian Soviet Republic in April of that year. This was part of a string of executions carried out by Bavarian Socialists against members of the Thule-Gesellschaft for allegedly conspiring to overthrow the BSR. The extent of KH's involvement is unknown.)

Education:
(unknown prior to 1896)
University of Heidelberg, 1896-1902
        Philosophy, Chemistry, Physiology, History
Thesis: "Progress Toward A Comprehensive, Humanistic Nietzschean
        Epistemology With Application to Social Engineering" (tr.)
King's College, London, 1902-1908
    MD, 1907

Professional Endeavours and Affiliations:
Co-created Thule-Gesellschaft, 1918(?)
    Note: May have broke with this group prior to 1920. Details unclear.

Created and oversaw Kinderheim Menschliche Aufklärung, 1920-1929
    (tr, lit: Human Enlightenment Children's Home)

Schutzstaffel, 1929
    Received rank of SS-Oberführer [senior colonel] upon joining
    (see below, Re: affiliation with Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler)

Created and oversaw Institut Menschlichen Vorsprung, 1929-1934
    (tr, lit: Institute of Human Advancement)

Created, oversees Reichsbehörde für die Erweiterung germanischen Potenzials, 1934-
    (tr, lit: Reich's Authority for the Extension of German Potential)

Note 1: KH's activities and whereabouts are unknown for the period 1908-1918.

Note 2: The Kinderheim and its successors appear to have been located on a tract of KH's family land near Weimar. See

Known affiliates:
Rudolf von Seebottendorf
Anton Drexler
Karl Harrer
Prince Gustav Franz Maria of Thurn and Taxis
Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler

19 Jan '39 -- Lisbon station to London 2

Consulate contacted this AM by possible member of Fascist forces in Catalonia. Offering SS tech for rapid extraction. Request all information on .

19 Jan '39 -- London 2 to

Re: Lisbon. Is this genuine?

19 Jan '39 -- to London 2

Re: Lisbon. Plausible. Republican units have given sporadic reports of possible cloaked SS presence in Catalonia, purpose unknown. No file on aforesaid. Proceed with caution. Henceforth, contact is GRACKLE.

19 Jan '39 -- London 2 to Lisbon station

No file on GRACKLE. Story is plausible. May be disinformation, attempt to gauge response. Escalation may follow only if verifiable details can be had. Reestablish contact. What is on offer?

21 Jan '39 -- London 2 to Lisbon station

Status?

21 Jan '39 -- Lisbon station to London 2

Patience, London.

22 Jan '39 -- Lisbon station to London 2

GRACKLE has provided disposition of small units advancing to Barcelona. Confirmed consistent with ground intel. Offer is film.

22 Jan '39 -- London 2 to

Re: GRACKLE. Go?

22 Jan '39 -- to London 2

Re: GRACKLE. Hold. Go deeper.

22 Jan '39 -- London 2 to Lisbon station

Hold. Unit dispositions insufficient.

22 Jan '39 -- Lisbon station to London 2

Understood. Will dig deeper. Bird may fly.

25 Jan '39 -- Lisbon station to London 2

GRACKLE extremely agitated. May be looking to nest in Paris. GRACKLE is part of very small unit, hence urgency. Recently relocated to Girona farmhouse in prep. for final push. House is 300 meters SW of Ter/Onyer junction. SS presence. 2 heavy transports (supply). Large technical staff. Request immediate assessment.

25 Jan '39 -- London 2 to Lisbon station

Patience, Lisbon.

28 Jan '39 -- London 2 to

Aerial recon confirms GRACKLE's roost.

28 Jan '39 -- to London 2

Re: GRACKLE. Proceed.

28 Jan '39 -- to D. Ops., T

Re: GRACKLE. Think your fair-haired boy fancies a bit of bird hunting?

28 Jan '39 -- London 2 to Lisbon station

GRACKLE's story confirmed. Will proceed. Extraction from farmhouse impossible. Can GRACKLE get to a city? Need physical description for documents.

29 Jan '39 -- D. Ops., T to

Fair-haired boy fancies an Iberian holiday. Prep underway.

29 Jan '39 -- Lisbon station to London 2

6'2" hair brown eyes brown looks average(?) GRACKLE will leave roost 31 Jan, proceed to . Will wait

29 Jan '39 -- London 2 to Lisbon station

Sloppy, Lisbon. Very sloppy. Birdkeeper will arrive noon local, 2 Feb. Birdkeeper will inquire about trains. GRACKLE will not know. Birdkeeper will praise Franco.

29 Jan '39 -- Lisbon station to London 2

Confirmed, London.

30 Jan '39 -- London 2 to Lisbon station

Birdkeeper en route.

Excerpted from , "Linguistic Analysis of 'E'" MKWD-27081940.COR009

...The phonemes of E conform to no known language, modern or ancient. It is difficult to reconcile samples of E with any model for human linguistic origin. Much of the language is, quite frankly, incompatible with standard human physiology and biomechanics. Those who purport to speak E (henceforth, "practitioners") [cf., e.g., , , and suffer transient but extensive distortion of the trachea, larynx, jaw, and vocal chords. Close observation bears this out. Permanent vocal scarring is endemic among long-term practitioners...

...Statistical textual analysis of the master lexicon and its antecedents [cf. Beauclerk, William, and references therein] suggests a low but finite probability of additional, as-yet unidentified familial traditions. Anecdotal evidence [see Marsh, Raybould] indicates a fragmentary transliteration of a lexicon, or related documents, from one (or several) such lost familial traditions, may be found in the Bodleian archives. A very small number of additional fragments may exist in scattered locations worldwide [see footnote 3: Voynich, Possible Relation to 'E']...

Excerpted from , "Anthropological Study of Considered as a Dwindling Sub-culture Within the United Kingdom, with Possible Long-Term " MKWD-03101940.COR014

...Practitioners of E also exhibit a wide variety of external self-inflicted physical scarring indicative of profound, repressed psychological trauma [cf., e.g., , and references therein]. Whether the lifelong practice and study of E induces psychological instability, or whether the cultural practices surrounding E select for children susceptible to such vulnerabilities, is currently unknown.

It is therefore noteworthy that said cultural practices suggest all practitioners descend from familial traditions of child exploitation [cf. Beauclerk, William]. This is consistent with the practitioners' shared mythology, which claims the discovery of E and its subsequent exploration descends from similar exploitive practices in the Middle Ages, perhaps going back to antiquity. Obviously, these accounts must be considered apocryphal...

Son of Edward Alastair Henry Beauclerk, Earl of Strathearn (b. 1880 - d. 1917) and Diana Prescott, Lady Wellingham (b. 1882 - d. 1917)

Siblings: Aubrey (b. 1907) (13th Duke of Aelred)

Note: The Duchy of Aelred passed directly from the 12th Duke to Aubrey owing to the death of Edward Beauclerk in 1917. See, e.g., Burke's Peerage and related sources.

Phys:
6'1" 160 lbs
Hair: Ginger
Eyes: Blue
Distinctive marks: none

Education:
Eton College
Trinity College, University of Oxford 1929 - 1932
    History

Martial service:
None.

Professional Affiliations:
Brooks's Commonwealth Club

Exploitable vulnerabilities:

Extensive promiscuity. Children possible, though none known at present. However, see

Profound feelings of resentment toward his grandfather. Possible abusive relationship.

Abstains from all forms of drink; severe psychological aversion to alcohol. Cause unknown. Possible manifestation of an overarching aversion to temporary impairment in any form.

Shows little concern for social station.

Mother died soon after receiving news of husband's death. Possible suicide.

Older brother, Aubrey, recently took seat in House of Lords. Possible socialist sympathies.