A file of documents concerning the activities of the Duke of Windsor during his time as Governor of the Bahamas, including his views on Nazism and the war with Germany and friends and acquaintances, including Axel Wenner-Gren, who was suspected of Nazi sympathies. Documents in the file include correspondence between the United States of America and United Kingdom governments regarding the Duke’s involvement in Wenner-Gren’s plans for property development near a U.S. naval base in the Bahamas; a report on the activities of Charles Bedaux, a Franco-American collaborator who was a friend of the Windsors; reports of the Duke’s defeatist opinions on the war; and reports and press-cuttings of the Duke’s opinions on a variety of subjects, including the progress of the war.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Bahamas Germany Belgium Bermuda England France Great Britain Guatemala Portugal Russia Switzerland United States of America
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/23/2
- Document Types
- Report Correspondence
- File Reference
- FO 1093/23
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0023.002
- Keywords
- Collaborators Nazi Sympathisers Security Anglo-american Relations Diplomacy Defeatism Royalty Battle Of France Newspapers Press Reports Invasion Of France
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Federal Bureau of Investigation Foreign Office Geheime Staatspolizei League of Nations Security Service Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
- Pages
- 68
- Persons Discussed
- Alexander Cadogan Neville Chamberlain Hermann Göring Adolf Hitler Samuel Hoare Vernon Kell Desmond Morton Franklin Delano Roosevelt Wallis Simpson
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Surveillance International Relations
