Bedfordshire’s Secret War and Covert Connections in the Chilterns (Jean Yates). Did Bedfordshire deserve the name of ‘Spy Capital of Britain’ during WWII? We look at the Met. Office where the D-day forecast was made, the Black Propaganda operation, exiled governments in the Chilterns, fakers and forgers, a secret radio station, training codebreakers, saboteurs and resistance fighters and some crafty tricks.