A file of minutes of interrogations of Rudolf Hess, and subsequent reports and correspondence concerning their content, in the month following Hess' arrival in Scotland on the 10th of May 1941. These discussions cover various subjects including the aftermath of the Battle of Britain, the Battle of the Atlantic, and the threat posed by German U-boats to British shipping; German war aims; and German support for the anti-British revolt in Iraq. The focal point of the file is Hess' unauthorised peace offer to the British government, according to which Britain would be allowed to keep her colonial empire - apart from the former German colonies and Iraq, which Hess believed Hitler would be unwilling to leave "in the lurch" - but would acquiesce to German domination of continental Europe.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Austria Belgium Canada Crete Czechoslovakia Denmark England France Germany Great Britain Greece Iraq Ireland Italy Japan Libya Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Russia Scotland South-West Africa Spain Syria United States of America
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/1/2
- Document Types
- Correspondence Summary Report
- File Reference
- FO 1093/1
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0001.002
- Keywords
- Interrogation Diplomatic Missions Diplomacy Peace Proposals German Government German Foreign Policy British Politics Political Pressure For Peace Public Opinion Diplomatic Officials Nazi Party Nazi Leadership Military Intelligence Submarines Battle Of Britain Battle Of The Atlantic Air Warfare Foreign Policy Defence German War Aims German U-boats Colonies Empire Colonial Independence Movements Anglo-iraqi War Interpretation German Air Force German Strategy Food Supplies Hess' Mental Condition Aircraft Anti-aircraft Defence American Neutrality Shipping Resources Weapons Production Invasion Of Poland Invasion Of The Soviet Union United States Air Force German-italian Relations Postal Communications Intelligence Gathering Intelligence Reports Personal Correspondence Casualties Air Power Bombing
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Foreign Office Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
- Pages
- 247
- Persons Discussed
- Hermann Göring Rudolf Hess Adolf Hitler Joachim von Ribbentrop
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Surveillance Military Intelligence International Relations
