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'C', Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS): Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) Reports; War and Germany

25 Jan 1940

A file of miscellaneous reports, correspondence, and memoranda concerning intelligence gathering by the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the first half of the Second World War. Subjects discussed in this file include intelligence reports from a variety of informants on future Axis strategy, including alleged plans for the invasion of Scandinavia, the Low Countries, France, and Corfu; conditions inside Germany; German propaganda and its effect on German prisoners of war in Britain; conditions in occupied France; anti-British public opinion in Egypt; Turkish neutrality; German government forging of the Spanish currency; alleged treachery by the French foreign minister Pierre Laval; the dissemination to the British of false intelligence by the Italians; German intentions in the Balkans; and Italian entry into the war. The file also includes reviews of the reliability of intelligence furnished by several agents, and discussion of breaches of security by British personnel.
china security turkey united kingdom france belgium japan egypt chile libya syria albania bulgaria malta hungary gibraltar poland luxembourg united states of america finland greece germany russia austria currencies denmark foreign policy international relations italy netherlands norway prisoners of war propaganda public opinion romania spain sweden switzerland great britain warships yugoslavia england palestine surveillance second world war invasion swiss confederation food supplies military intelligence agents adolf hitler secret intelligence service intelligence gathering political intelligence informants naval operations broadcast services trinidad leakage of information holland chiefs of staff foreign office alexander cadogan peter loxley effects of bombing ministry of economic warfare intelligence reports nazi-occupied europe intelligence distribution hermann göring gladwyn jebb abyssinia victor cavendish-bentinck permanent under-secretary's department robert vansittart intelligence requirements press reports samuel hoare german war effort german army predicting enemy intentions benito mussolini peace proposals german navy german strategy hastings ismay troop movements german morale anti-british feeling joachim von ribbentrop rumours treachery false intelligence nazi ideology alfred duff cooper
Collection ID
FO1093
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Abyssinia Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Chile China Denmark Egypt England Finland France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Holland Hungary Italy Japan Libya Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Palestine Poland Romania Russia Spain Sweden Swiss Confederation Switzerland Syria Trinidad Turkey United Kingdom United States of America Yugoslavia
Document Reference
FO 1093/206/2
Document Types
Report Memorandum Correspondence
File Reference
FO 1093/206
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0206.002
Keywords
Rumours Invasion Foreign Policy Intelligence Distribution German Strategy Informants Prisoners Of War Nazi Ideology Propaganda Intelligence Requirements Intelligence Gathering German Army Troop Movements German Navy Naval Operations Intelligence Reports Predicting Enemy Intentions German War Effort Food Supplies German Morale Effects Of Bombing Treachery Currencies False Intelligence Peace Proposals Public Opinion Anti-british Feeling Nazi-occupied Europe Security Press Reports Broadcast Services Leakage Of Information Agents Warships Political Intelligence
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Ministry of Economic Warfare Secret Intelligence Service Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
Pages
149
Persons Discussed
Alexander Cadogan Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Alfred Duff Cooper Hermann Göring Adolf Hitler Samuel Hoare Hastings Ismay Gladwyn Jebb Peter Loxley Benito Mussolini Joachim von Ribbentrop Robert Vansittart
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Surveillance International Relations Military Intelligence

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