A file of reports and correspondence concerning the Federation Internationale des Anciens Prisonniers Politicaux (FIAPP), an organisation originally founded in German concentration camps to look after the welfare of ex-prisoners. The documents discuss reports by one of the organisation’s members, Colonel van Lanschot, that it was being used by the Soviets to penetrate Western Europe, and a proposal that it could be used as a means of collecting intelligence on the Eastern Bloc.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark England France Germany Greece Holland Hungary Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Russia Spain Ukraine Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/462/2
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- FO 1093/462
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0462.002
- Keywords
- Concentration Camps Communism Subversion Western Bloc
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Foreign Office Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
- Pages
- 7
- Persons Discussed
- William Hayter
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations Surveillance
