Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten

The Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten (BBO, "Office of Special Assignments") was a Dutch secret service during World War II.

The BBO worked closely with the British secret service Special Operations Executive (SOE), which played a leading role in the Allied sabotage activities behind enemy lines.

[1][2] The CRASH Luchtoorlog- en Verzetsmuseum '40-'45, a museum housed in the Fort bij Aalsmeer in Aalsmeerderbrug, has a permanent exhibition devoted to the agents who worked for the BBO during World War II.

[2] The agency was the successor of the Bureau Militaire Voorbereiding Terugkeer (BMT, "Office for the Military Preparation for the Return"), which in 1942 had in turn replaced the Bureau Voorbereiding van de Terugkeer naar Nederland en het Herstel van het Wettig Gezag Aldaar (BVT, "Office for the Preparation for the Return to the Netherlands and the Re-establishment of Lawful Rule There").

[3] On 13 March 1944, the Dutch government in exile appointed a retired general major, Johan Willem van Oorschot, to head the BBO.

The 3 MK II mobile receiver and transmitter was used by BBO agents