Career
Before World War II, Tester was an accountant who had worked extensively in Germany and as a result was very familiar with the German language and culture. He held a senior position in the accountancy division of Unilever.
On the outbreak of war, he worked for the BBC Monitoring Service which listened in to German public radio broadcasts.
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