A file of correspondence and memoranda discussing a Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) proposal for the creation of ‘stay-behind’ underground resistance organisations in Germany and Austria, to be activated in the event of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe. Subjects discussed in the documents include the need to start work as soon as possible, due to the amount of time needed to properly organise the scheme; the recruitment of suitable members; objections to the scheme, for political and security reasons; and the eventual decision of the British cabinet not to authorise the scheme.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Austria Germany Holland Netherlands
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/475/2
- Document Types
- Correspondence
- File Reference
- FO 1093/475
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0475.002
- Keywords
- War Preparations Underground Resistance Security Threat Of War With The Ussr
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Ministry of Defence Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
- Pages
- 37
- Persons Discussed
- Patrick Dean William Hayter Ivone Kirkpatrick
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Intelligence Organization
