The keeper of the collection , John Elphinstone ( or his assistant , David Casley ) , had transcribed Writing the 325 lines of the poem in 1724 , but the front and back pages were already missing from the manuscript ( possibly around 50 lines each ) : an earlier catalogue described Writing it as ( 'mutilated at head and heel ' ) .

six hostages in particular were kept Temporary_stay because they were men and american citizens , not necessarily jews : robert norman schwartz , a u.s. defense Defending department researcher stationed in thailand ; james lee woods , schwartz 's assistant and security detail ; gerald berkowitz , an american-born jew and college chemistry professor ; rabbi abraham unk and his brother rabbi joseph unk , two brooklyn school teachers ; and john hollingsworth , a u.s. state department employee .

Part of the wider Operation Barclay , Mincemeat was based on the 1939 Trout memo , written by Rear Admiral John Godfrey , the Director of the Naval Intelligence Division and his personal assistant , Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming .

in 1983 , a commission chaired by UNK macbride , the assistant to the un secretary general and president of united nations general assembly at the time , concluded Deciding that israel , as the camp 's occupying power , bore responsibility for the violence .