Part X
"Though the Germans were smashing through Northern Holland there was still work to be done in Norway and so, though I longed to return to the Ministry and play my small part in what was clearly the main event, I was forced to continue on as liaison officer." A regret loaded sigh emerged from the speakers.
"I must say the comedown for all of us was truly awful, days earlier we had been the toast of France, the first to defeat the Germans. Suddenly we were an irrelevance, our achievements meaningless in comparison to the events in the Low Countries. We went through the motions, we had professionalism enough for that, but our hearts were not in it, all of us wished to be back in the heart of the action."
The heavy nodded along, he could agree with anyone who wanted action, even if his definition of action would have differed considerably from that of the speaker on the tape.
"Eventually we got our wish, the strain on the civil service and the wrapping up of Norway meant the liaison staff were released and returned to the Ministry. It may seem ridiculous to outsiders, indeed it probably is ridiculous, but shuffling paper for troops fighting in Holland seemed far more important that doing the same for troops in Norway. And I suppose in a way it was." The voice hesitated before continuing.
"So at last we come to it, the first of my reasons for making this tape, the first revelation."