ospam (Jerome Bibuld) wrote in message ...('chapman billy'):
I once played an ICCF game against a member of the West London Chess Club and
enjoyed a very pleasant correspondence with him After the game, he sent me a
book that consisted of copies of a newsletter published by that club during
the Second Great Imperialist War of the Twentieth Century (which we United
Statesians like to call WWII). As my opponent noted--the club was the only
chess club in London that remained open throughout the war. He was very proud
that it had operated throughout "the blitz." The book was a wonderworld of
information, including the fact that Savielly Tartakower was a lieutenant in
the Free French army, who "commuted" between England and France during that
period. If I recall, the name he used was "Jacques Cartier", but I would not
stake my life on that pseudonym.

Dear Mr Bibuld,

For whatever it's worth, if I had been a Free French officer in the Second
World War, I would have been reluctant to 'stake my life on that pseudonym',
'Jacques Cartier', which seems rather too conspicuous in history.

Here's an article about Jacques Cartier (1491-1557):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier

Given that this thread is about Sir George Thomas, perhaps it might not be
unrelated for me to recommend the Second World War memoir, 'The White Rabbit'
by Bruce Marshall, about the adventures of a British secret agent in France,
Forest Frederick Edward Yeo-Thomas (aka 'the White Rabbit'), who was captured
and interrogated by the Gestapo. After the war, F.F.E. Yeo-Thomas returned
to his prewar business of selling dresses to ladies in Paris.

There's a concluding dialogue (not the exact words) from 'The White Rabbit':

Englishwoman: I have noticed that you have many beautiful dresses in your shop.
Yeo-Thomas : Yes, we exist for no other purpose than to sell beautiful dresses
to those ladies who are able to pay for them.
Englishwoman: I have to say that your English is rather good for a Frenchman.
Yeo-Thomas : Madame, being a Welshman, I have to do my best with it.
Englishwoman: Well, as you would know, you being a civilian during the war...
Yeo-Thomas : Madame, during the war I was in the Royal Air Force.
Englishwoman: Well, as you would know, being safe in England during the war...
Yeo-Thomas : (No comment.)

--Nick

ospam (Jerome Bibuld) wrote in message ...('chapman billy'):
I once played an ICCF game against a member of the West London Chess Club and
enjoyed a very pleasant correspondence with him After the game, he sent me a
book that consisted of copies of a newsletter published by that club during
the Second Great Imperialist War of the Twentieth Century (which we United
Statesians like to call WWII). As my opponent noted--the club was the only
chess club in London that remained open throughout the war. He was very proud
that it had operated throughout "the blitz." The book was a wonderworld of
information, including the fact that Savielly Tartakower was a lieutenant in
the Free French army, who "commuted" between England and France during that
period. If I recall, the name he used was "Jacques Cartier", but I would not
stake my life on that pseudonym.

Dear Mr Bibuld,

For whatever it's worth, if I had been a Free French officer in the Second
World War, I would have been reluctant to 'stake my life on that pseudonym',
'Jacques Cartier', which seems rather too conspicuous in history.

Here's an article about Jacques Cartier (1491-1557):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier

Given that this thread is about Sir George Thomas, perhaps it might not be
unrelated for me to recommend the Second World War memoir, 'The White Rabbit'
by Bruce Marshall, about the adventures of a British secret agent in France,
Forest Frederick Edward Yeo-Thomas (aka 'the White Rabbit'), who was captured
and interrogated by the Gestapo. After the war, F.F.E. Yeo-Thomas returned
to his prewar business of selling dresses to ladies in Paris.

There's a concluding dialogue (not the exact words) from 'The White Rabbit':

Englishwoman: I have noticed that you have many beautiful dresses in your shop.
Yeo-Thomas : Yes, we exist for no other purpose than to sell beautiful dresses
to those ladies who are able to pay for them.
Englishwoman: I have to say that your English is rather good for a Frenchman.
Yeo-Thomas : Madame, being a Welshman, I have to do my best with it.
Englishwoman: Well, as you would know, you being a civilian during the war...
Yeo-Thomas : Madame, during the war I was in the Royal Air Force.
Englishwoman: Well, as you would know, being safe in England during the war...
Yeo-Thomas : (No comment.)

--Nick