17.12.2020, Moscow.
After the end of World War II, Britain did not share Adolf Hitler’s archives with the USSR so that Moscow would not learn about London’s contacts with the Nazis. This is evidenced by declassified archival records presented on December 17 in the collection “Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation. 100 years. Documents and Evidence.”
Among the documents there is a telegram encrypted as ciphertext, sent on June 5, 1945 to Moscow from London by a resident with a pseudonym “Bob”. He testifies that the British obtained Hitler’s personal archives, which London plans to show to Washington, but not to Moscow.
“The British are afraid that if they show Hitler’s personal archives to the Soviets, the latter will become aware of their contact with Hitler,” the resident reports. He also notes that the British hoped to find materials in the archives about the Soviet-German non-aggression pact.
The collection also includes another document describing contacts between London and Berlin during the war. This is a message sent to Moscow by Boris Rybkin, a resident in Stockholm. It describes the terms of peace negotiations with Britain, which were put forward by Hermann Göring.
“Göring allegedly put forward the following conditions: Germany makes a holy alliance with Britain and the USA against the Yellow Peril. France as a great power will not exist,” the document notes. And the European part of the USSR is ceded to Germany, and France ceases to exist as a great power.
In the collection “Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation. 100 years. Documents and Evidences” describes important stages in the activity of Soviet and Russian foreign intelligence since its creation on December 20, 1920.
Most of the documents are published for the first time.
Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency
