Premium

20.500.12592/5v6wgh

U.K. "Fifth Column" Activities In: Report Covering Paper Summarising Information Available on German Subversive Activities in Foreign Countries and Giving Examples of their Successful Application

1 Jan 1940

We feel it essential, in this connection, to stress that our present defence against the "Fifth column" depends firstly upon the degree to which aliens and persons known to belong to subversive organisations can be adequately controlled by the police, and secondly, whether adequate legal powers exist to take precautionary action against individuals in the categories mentioned above ar any moment considered desirable. We fully realise that high political considerations arise in regard to taking firm action against aliens or interfering with the liberty of British subjects.
security united kingdom belgium poland germany communism denmark netherlands aliens norway propaganda sweden great britain youth movements yugoslavia second world war adolf hitler special operations subversion sabotage joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff british domestic security intelligence operations geheime staatspolizei victor cavendish-bentinck communist party of great britain fifth columnists nazi sympathisers fascist sympathisers
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Belgium Denmark Germany Great Britain Netherlands Norway Poland Sweden United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Document Reference
CAB 81/96/49
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 81/96
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0096.049
Keywords
Security Fifth Columnists Subversion Aliens Fascist Sympathisers Communism Nazi Sympathisers Youth Movements Propaganda Sabotage Special Operations
Languages
English
Organizations
Communist Party of Great Britain Geheime Staatspolizei Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Chiefs of Staff
Pages
7
Persons Discussed
Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet. Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. Memoranda. January - May 1940. Papers Numbers JIC 1-70. Volume VI
Themes
British Domestic Security Intelligence Operations

Related Topics

All