Hatry had a brief period in which to make plans for his release. He first petitioned the home secretary to be relieved of the normal requirement that prisoners released on licence should report regularly to the police – a requirement that constrained freedom of movement. This was readily granted. He then applied for a passport, which was granted in December 1938, a month before the planned release. So it was that after a short period living in the flat his wife had been occupying in London, Hatry was able to travel for a holiday in the southern French town of St Raphael, in a villa that his wife had rented.1 When they returned, Hatry and his wife took up residence in the Dorchester Hotel, accepting an introduction by Sir Francis ...
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