A file of documents concerning Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of the Abwehr, the German military intelligence service. The documents include reports of a visit by Canaris to Madrid and Lisbon, and Spanish and Portuguese opposition to his arrival; an assessment of the character of Canaris, and possible utility as an anti-Nazi leader; peace feelers initiated on his behalf by German agents in Stockholm; and a report of his arrest along with other senior Nazis in the aftermath of the July bomb plot against Hitler in 1944.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Australia Canada Canary Islands Denmark England Finland France Germany Gibraltar New Zealand Portugal Russia South Africa Spain Sweden United Kingdom
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/287/2
- Document Types
- Correspondence Directive Memorandum
- File Reference
- FO 1093/287
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0287.002
- Keywords
- German Intelligence Services Peace Proposals Agents Intelligence Reports Anglo-portuguese Relations Anglo-spanish Relations Diplomacy
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Abwehr Foreign Office Geheime Staatspolizei Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
- Pages
- 46
- Persons Discussed
- Edward Bridges Alexander Cadogan Wilhelm Canaris Adolf Hitler Samuel Hoare Peter Loxley
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Intelligence Operations International Relations
