Tolkien trained as British spy

[wizard42745]

Saw this - what could have been

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6197169/JRR-Tolkien-trained-as-British-spy.html

Comments

[cairistiona7]

It would be so interesting to know why he decided not to do it, wouldn't it?

[inzilbeth_liz]

I checked this out in Scull and Hammond's 'Chronology' and in there it says that on 27th March 1939 Tolkien began a four day training course in cryptography at the Foreign Office so it's not exactly the new news they are making it out to be in the press.