Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1942, basa raStrangeways mukunyengera kwemauto rakatanga zvechokwadi. Akatumwa kubva kuWar Office muLondon kuenda kuCairo, akashuma kuna General Sir Harold Alexander nezvirongwa zvokunyengera zvakagadzirirwa kunyengedza masimba eAxis pamusoro penguva nenzvimbo ye
Kupinda kweAllied muNorth Africa. Kunyengera kwacho kwaitsamira pakuita kuti masimba eAxis abvume kuti ngarava dzokubuda nadzo muzvikepe dzakanga dzisina kunanga kuNorth Africa asi kunobvisa zvinetso kuMalta. Kuti aite unyengeri, munyori wenhau uye mumwe wake mupurisa wokunyengera Dennis Wheatley, anogara kuLondon Controlling Section, akapa Strangeways tsamba kune mumwe munhu waaizviziva muCairo uye kopi yenhau yake yazvino. Bhuku racho, netsamba yacho yakanga yasara mukati, rakazoiswa pane imwe hotera muCairo kuti vashandi vomuvengi vawane.