w ere ▁sent ▁to ▁Norway ▁and ▁par ach uted ▁into ▁Nord mark a ▁north ▁of ▁Os lo ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 4 2 . ▁Their ▁primary ▁mission ▁was ▁to ▁help ▁the ▁resistance ▁movement ▁Mil org ▁with ▁the ▁assass in ations ▁of ▁Norwegian ▁Naz is ▁and ▁inform ers ▁by ▁training ▁selected ▁Mil org ▁personnel ▁for ▁the ▁task . ▁If ▁asked ▁by ▁Mil org ▁they ▁would ▁also ▁help ▁as ▁execution ers . ▁According ▁to ▁Chief ▁of ▁Def ence , ▁General ▁Wilhelm ▁von ▁T angen ▁Han ste en , ▁the ▁group ▁should ▁only ▁act ▁upon ▁dec isions ▁by ▁the ▁Home ▁Forces , ▁and ▁they ▁brought ▁no ▁liquid ation ▁lists ▁from ▁the ▁UK . ▁The ▁problem ▁was ▁that ▁the ▁operation ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁approved ▁by ▁Mil org ▁in ▁advance . ▁In ▁a ▁meeting ▁between ▁Mil org ▁leaders ▁J ens ▁Christian ▁H au ge ▁and ▁Arthur ▁Hans son ▁and ▁the ▁expedition ▁leader , ▁it ▁turned ▁out ▁that ▁Bit tern ▁operated ▁with ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁persons ▁that ▁SO E ▁wanted ▁to ▁get ▁rid ▁of . ▁The ▁list ▁contained ▁ 6 2 ▁names , ▁which ▁not ▁only ▁included ▁inform ers ▁and ▁tort ur ers , ▁but ▁also ▁Naz i ▁polit icians ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁government ▁" minister s " ▁H ag elin , ▁Lie ▁and ▁F ug les ang . ▁Mil org ▁fe ared ▁that ▁the ▁repr is als ▁might ▁be ▁ter rib ly ▁har sh ▁compared ▁with ▁the ▁benefits ▁of ▁such ▁assass in ations , ▁based ▁on ▁recent ▁experience ▁from ▁Tel av å g ▁and ▁Maj av at