A file of correspondence dealing with the detection and capture of enemy agents travelling under cover as foreign nationals. The letters discuss two German agents, one with a cover identity as a Paraguayan diplomat, and the other as a Portuguese businessman; along with arrangements for their detention and interrogation, and dealing with protests and enquiries from their respective governments after their capture. The letters also contain a report of an interrogation of another agent travelling under cover on a Spanish ship.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Angola Argentina Belgium Burma France Germany Holland Madagascar Mozambique Netherlands Panama Paraguay Portugal South Africa Spain Sweden Trinidad Turkey United Kingdom
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/145/2
- Document Types
- Correspondence
- File Reference
- FO 1093/145
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0145.002
- Keywords
- Non-british Agents Intelligence Gathering Diplomatic Officials Interrogation German Intelligence Services Espionage Counter-espionage
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Abwehr Foreign Office Secret Intelligence Service Security Service United Nations Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
- Pages
- 36
- Persons Discussed
- Peter Loxley Patrick Reilly Valentine Vivian
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Surveillance
