A file of miscellaneous correspondence connected to 'C', the chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Amongst the documents in this file are letters discussing intelligence sources in the Netherlands and Dutch alarm at the possibility of a German invasion; a report of a conversation in Washington between Norman Davis and Cordell Hull about Anglo-Japanese diplomacy, and the possibility of multilateral armaments agreements; memoranda describing intelligence on possible German secret weapons from German informants; and a report discussing the possible nature of the new German weapons, including bacterial, entomological, and chemical weaponry, gliding torpedoes, inflammable liquid, and a death ray.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- England France Germany Great Britain Holland Japan Netherlands
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/132/2
- Document Types
- Correspondence Other Report
- File Reference
- FO 1093/132
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0132.002
- Keywords
- Intelligence Gathering Informants Diplomacy Threat Of War With Japan Armaments Invasion Threat Secret Weapons Poison Gas Biological Warfare Chemical Warfare Missiles High-explosive Bombs Intelligence Reports
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Committee of Imperial Defence Foreign Office Security Service Permanent Under-Secretary's Department Secret Intelligence Service
- Pages
- 18
- Persons Discussed
- Nevile Bland Alexander Cadogan Adolf Hitler Gladwyn Jebb
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Intelligence Organization
