Editing Eddie Chapman (section)

===Faked sabotage of de Havilland factory===
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During the night of 29–30 January 1943, Chapman with MI5 officers faked a [[sabotage]] attack on his target, the [[de Havilland]] aircraft factory in Hatfield, where the [[de Havilland Mosquito|Mosquito]] was being manufactured.<ref name=MI5/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091217101531/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/special-forces-obituaries/6789355/Eddie-Chapman.html Obituary], telegraph.co.uk; accessed 2 August 2016.</ref> German reconnaissance aircraft photographed the site, and the faked damage convinced Chapman's German controllers that the attack had been successful.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Moran |first1=Christopher |title=Classified : Secrecy and the State in Modern Britain |year=2013 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1107000995 |page=266}}</ref> To reinforce this story, MI5 also wrote and had published a story in the British newspaper the ''[[Daily Express]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mi5.gov.uk/eddie-chapman|title=Eddie Chapman {{!}} MI5 - The Security Service|website=www.mi5.gov.uk|access-date=2019-01-19}}</ref>

Following the de Havilland subterfuge, B1A began preparations for Chapman's return to his German handlers. Radio messages were sent to the Abwehr requesting extraction by boat or submarine, and Chapman was set to work learning a cover story ready for the inevitable interrogations. However, the response from the Abwehr was lukewarm. They refused to send a [[U-boat]] and told Chapman to return via [[Lisbon]], Portugal. This was not a simple method, as he had no valid reason to travel to the neutral port. Reed, and other members of B1A, believed this demonstrated the Germans' reluctance to pay Chapman the £15,000 he had been promised.<ref name=Macintyre176/>

In the meantime Chapman was subjected to fake interrogation at Camp 020, to make sure his story held up. Reed told him to stick as close to the truth as possible, to help make the lies more realistic, and he was coached in speaking slowly to cover any hesitations. Stephens was impressed with how well Chapman responded to questioning.<ref name=Macintyre176/>