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I came across this many years ago in an NID file, which I found again by accident and I thought that it might be interesting for some.

Apparently, the use of tactical radio deception was a prime reason for the success of many of these convoys. What follows is a quote from an intelligence file for RA 61.

Ghost forces:
" Promted by a certain amount of phoney W/T designed deliberately as a ruse by C in C H.F. the enemy was led into chasing and, according to U boats, 'intercepting' more than one ghost convoy. In one case in October 1944 this ghost was followed for days with all the procedure of a full convoy operation by a total 19 U. boats until the ghost finally eluded the U. boats".
RA 61 made port safely.

This aspect of naval history is VERY rarely mentioned in commercial histories.

Comments welcome.