The woman who censored Churchill
By: Ruth Ive.
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780752447162
Subjects: Ive, Ruth; Churchill, Winston, -- 1874-1965; Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- 1882-1945; World War, 1939-1945 -- Communications; World War, 1939-1945 -- Censorship; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British; Telephone -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Telephone -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Great Britain -- Relations -- United States; United States -- Relations -- Great Britain
Genres: Personal narratives, British
Description: "The Second World War was a period when communication between the Allies had to be subjected to the utmost secrecy. One remaining transatlantic hotline existed at this rime - that between Winston Churchill and his American counterpart Franklin D. Roosevelt. Reserved for conversations of the utmost importance between key political figures, heads of state and the royal family, this top secret communication link nevertheless had to be closely monitored to ensure nothing was said that might compromise security. Ruth Ive, then a young stenographer working in the Ministry of Information, had the job of censoring the line, and she spent three and a half years of the war listening into conversations across the Atlantic, ready to cut the line if anything was said that might pose a security risk. In this remarkable history of the secret wartime communication between Britain and the US, the woman who censored the line tells her story for the very first time."--BOOK JACKET.