Editing Special Operations Executive (section)

===Southeast Asia===
{{Main|Force 136}}
[[File:War in the Far East gallery.JPG|thumb|War in the Far East exhibit in the [[Imperial War Museum]] London. Among the collection are a Japanese [[Good Luck Flag]], operational map (numbered 11), photographs of Force 136 personnel and guerillas in Burma (15), a [[katana]] that was surrendered to a SOE officer in Gwangar, [[British Malaya|Malaya]] in September 1945 (7), and rubber soles designed by SOE to be worn under agents' boots to disguise footprints when landing on beaches (bottom left).]]

As early as 1940, SOE was preparing plans for operations in Southeast Asia. As in Europe, after initial Allied military disasters, SOE built up indigenous resistance organisations and guerrilla armies in enemy ([[Imperial Japan|Japanese]]) occupied territory. SOE also launched ''"Operation Remorse"'' (1944–45), which was ultimately aimed at protecting the economic and political status of [[Hong Kong]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} Force 136 engaged in covert trading of goods and currencies in China. Its agents proved remarkably successful, raising £77m through their activities, which were used to provide assistance for Allied prisoners of war and, more controversially, to buy influence locally to facilitate a smooth return to pre-war conditions.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}