Another factor was that, in early May 1944, an uncontrolled agent based in Spain (who sold fictional intelligence to the Germans) had passed on details of a meeting in Gibraltar between several high-ranking Allied officers.
另一个因素是，1944年5月初，一个向德国出售虚构情报的不受控制的特工向德军传递了一次会议的细节，会议内容是若干盟军高阶军官在直布罗陀的讨论。