'Paprika' was a British unrealised deception by the Twenty (XX or Double Cross) Committee to sow dissent in the upper elements of the German political and military leadership in occupied Belgium by the despatch of messages which could be construed as suggesting that unspecified members of the senior leadership were plotting with the British to begin peace negotiations (1942).

The plan was not implemented as a result of disagreements within the British leadership about the plan’s political desirability and wisdom.