From the start, Churchill and Fisher resolved to keep the operation so secret that only they and a few other Admiralty officials would ever know it existed.
Churchill and Fisher were determined to maintain strict secrecy concerning their plans from the outset. The operation was so confidential that only a select group of Admiralty officials, alongside them, would have knowledge of its existence. This level of discretion reflected the sensitive nature of their mission.
The authorship of Erik Larson in "Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania" highlights the importance of secrecy in wartime strategies. Such covert operations were critical to national security and involved careful planning away from public scrutiny.
