SOE officers and Chinese Directorate of Military Intelligence, Sian, 1945

SOE and Military Intelligence, with jeep, on way to Sian, 1945

John E. Stanfield driving SOE jeep onto a ferry, 1945

SOE Signals jeep on a ferry

Pontoon bridge, on the way to establish 'Sparrow' and 'Crow', 1945

Refuelling jeep, during SOE mission to set up strategic wireless stations, 1945

John E. Stanfield with Chinese military intelligence officers, by Yellow River

Wireless operator and General Ho at 'Sparrow' signals station

Military Intelligence officers on the banks of Yellow River near Sian

Major-General Ho, and soldiers, with SOE jeep

Radio batteries being recharged by steam generator at 'Crow' wireless station

Chinese and British intelligence officers in a tea garden, Sian

Hot springs, near Sian

Platform and train, railway station, Sian

Hot springs near Sian

Stanfield's bodyguard, near Sian

A Curtiss C-46 Commando transport aeroplane at an airfield, Xi’an

Aerial view of Xi'an