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In terms of financial incentives, how did Skarbek secure the release of fellow SOE agents?

  • By offering a watch

  • By bribing with two million francs

  • By trading secret information

  • Did not use any financial incentives

Answer

To secure the release of fellow SOE agents, Skarbek bribed with two million francs. He knew that the Gestapo would release the agents if they received a ransom, so he contacted his contacts in the French Resistance and organized a plan to get the money to the Germans. He was successful, and the agents were released.
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