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I would imagine that they didn't know the content of the letter before intercepting it; that it was just a communication made suspicious by the fact that it was

I would imagine that they didn't know the content of the letter before intercepting it; that it was just a communication made suspicious by the fact that it was out of India and addressed to Hitler. Then once it's been intercepted, you can't exactly go up to him and say, "Sorry, Mr. Hitler, here's that letter..."

corin_ 16y ago
I know even less about spying in the 30s than I know about spying in the modern era, but you can't help but assume that we would have been able to snoop on what it said while still letting it get through without them realising we had already read it?
- abrown28 16y ago
  I sincerely doubt it would have made a difference even had Hitler read it.
  - corin_ 16y ago
    No of course not, I was just wondering anyway. "He will read it and not care" doesn't seem a likely reason for stopping him from reading it, unless it's coming from his PA.