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Correspondence with Swiss Legation, Records of Visits to Maindiff Court, Draft Medical Report and Translations of Personal Correspondence

1942

A file of documents on Rudolf Hess' imprisonment in Britain from late 1942 to the end of 1943. Subjects discussed include the provision of food, clothes, and books for Hess; Hess' mental health and continuing suspicions of poisoning by his guards; and arrangements for the opening of Hess' prison in Maindiff to other prisoners of war with psychological conditions. The file also includes papers discussing a request from the Red Cross to conduct a psychiatric interview with Hess after his wife raised her concerns with the organisation. The intelligence services were afraid that such an interview would reveal to the world the true state of Hess' mental health, belying British propaganda assertions that he was not mentally unstable.
security germany finances postal communications prisoners of war switzerland treaties england surveillance sicily second world war military spending medical records adolf hitler secrecy personal correspondence diplomatic officials leakage of information foreign office orme sargent alexander cadogan stewart menzies peter loxley permanent under-secretary's department franklin delano roosevelt rumours international red cross vetting of prisoner correspondence rudolf hess hess' mental condition
Collection ID
FO1093
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
England Germany Sicily Switzerland
Document Reference
FO 1093/16/2
Document Types
Correspondence Report Memorandum
File Reference
FO 1093/16
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0016.002
Keywords
Prisoners Of War Vetting Of Prisoner Correspondence Postal Communications Diplomatic Officials Finances Medical Records Hess' Mental Condition Military Spending Security Secrecy Rumours Leakage Of Information Personal Correspondence Treaties
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Permanent Under-Secretary's Department International Red Cross
Pages
182
Persons Discussed
Alexander Cadogan Rudolf Hess Adolf Hitler Peter Loxley Stewart Menzies Franklin Delano Roosevelt Orme Sargent
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Surveillance

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