Ian Fleming - The Creator of James Bond

    The Creator of James Bond - Ian Fleming (Part-2)

Ian Fleming

   Between the years 1939 and 1945 Germany and England were fighting a psychological battle. The German side was headed by Adlof Hitler’s propaganda minister, Paul Joseph Goebbles and on the other side there was the British Secret Service. Goebbles had instructed his astrologers to predict Adlof Hitler’s progress and victory, whereas the astrologers engaged by the British Secret Service were told to predict his downfall. Ian Fleming got some faked editions of certain German magazines printed which carried predictions about Adlof Hitler’s ultimate destruction. These magazines were cleverly circulated in Germany. The Nazi leaders read them and felt very much afraid. The War Office of Britain received all this information from Louis de Wohl, a German refugee. Rudolf Hess was all this time surrounded by a battalion of personal astrologers. Ian Fleming thought to enter into this circle somehow.

Duke of Hamilton

   Ian Fleming reconstituted an organization called “The Link”, which worked for British-German amity with bases at Lisbon and Tangier. He also had the information that to complete with Adlof Hitler’s chief of Spies, Admiral Kanaris, Rudolf Hess had his own secret service organization, which was very active in Lisbon and Tangier. He made it known to the people of the organization of Rudolf Hess that some influential English Lords were clearing the way of Britain and Germany to become friends. In the meanwhile, he sent one of his own agents, as an astrologer, into the circle of astrologers in whom Rudolf Hess had complete faith. This man gave Rudolf Hess imaginary predictions. He told Rudolf Hess that the Duke of Hamilton, who was in Scotland, wanted Britain and Germany to become friends.

   Ian Fleming thought of the double benefits of this plan. Since the Duke of Hamilton was in Scotland, Rudolf Hess would have no doubts about meeting him. Secondly, the agents of Rudolf Hess could have no access to any information regarding the Duke of Hamilton, as the Duke’s personality was beyond any shadow of doubt.

   Subsequently, Ian Fleming made his agents predict the dire consequences of a war between Germany and England. Rudolf Hess might not have believed just one man, but when so many came out with the same predictions; he could not but believe them.  As luck would have it, some strange changes took place in the position of planets and stars between the months of April and May 1941. On the basis of Ian Fleming’s agents predicted that Adlof Hitler was to pass through very difficult times, and it would be disastrous for him to wage war against England.  They read the horoscope of Rudolf Hess and said that if he travelled abroad and tried to establish peace, it would have a very beneficial effect and the bad times could be warded off. Two of the astrologers said that the month of May would be very opportune time.

Adlof Hitler

 

   With all this in his mind Rudolf Hess, piloting his own plane and reached in Scotland. He was immediately arrested by the police and the Home Guards. This made the Americans very happy, but the British Prime minister, Winston Churchill did not consider this very advantageous. Winston Churchill was afraid the Goebbel’s media men might take the opportunity to indulge in the character assassination of the important leaders of Britain. Therefore, he endorsed the German view that what Rudolf Hess had done; he had done in state of mental imbalance.

    All the same this had a very disastrous effect on Adlof Hitler. He ordered his secret police, Gestapo to interrogate all the astrologers who used to give advice to Rudolf Hess. Hundreds were arrested. After a month the astrology, predictions, telepathy and all other para-psychological activities were declared illegal in Germany.

   The leaders of the Soviet Union took a very serious view of the actions of Rudolf Hess. They decided that they would never forgive Rudolf Hess. The reason for this was absolutely clear. Rudolf Hess wanted that Germany should make friend with Britain and with their combined strength, Soviet Union (Russia) should be completely crushed. When the Second World War ended Rudolf Hess was passing his days in lonely imprisonment in England. Adlof Hitler was defeated. The Nuremburg trail of Nazi War criminals began. Rudolf Hess was awarded the punishment of life imprisonment. The Russians apposed all efforts of showing any mercy to Rudolf Hess. He was imprisoned in the Spandau Prison of East Berlin. He made several unsuccessful attempts to commit suicide but ultimately succeeded in getting rid of his long imprisonment. He hanged himself by the window and committed suicide.

Rudolf Hess

   The death of Rudolf Hess brought the curtain down on Ian Fleming’s career in espionage. He wrote a book entitled “Operation Rudolf Hess” which clearly illustrates the difference between the imaginary world of James Bond and the real world of spies.

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