22/23 Fairbairn wrote to Martin Hillyard: "_The execution of Quesada has put an end to the whole wicked question. So long as the offender was only put in prison with the certainty of release at the end of the war, whilst his family lived comfortably on German money, the game went merrily on. But the return of the "Mondragon," minus her executed mate, has altered the whole position. He could understand a German going to any lengths for Germany. He was prepared to do the same himself for his country. |