-2- The chief argument against compulsion is the fear entertained by the Foreign Office that Germany and other enemy states might start reprisals against British subjects now in their countries. Personally I should have doubted whether there are many British nationals at large in enemy countries, apart from those with enemy sympathies, but there might be a risk of such reprisals being extended to British subjects now interned. There is the further argument that fire prevention duties allow opportunities for sabotage in conditions where persons, if ill-disposed, are not subject to the same supervision as when they are at work, and no one can guarantee the trustworthiness of any individual alien of enemy nationality.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide
- Collection ID
- CAB71
- Document Reference
- CAB 71/10/41
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 71/10
- Former Department Reference
- LP(42) 239
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab71.000010.041
- Keywords
- Aliens British Nationals Abroad Defence Regulations Estonian Nationals Fire Prevention Fire Watch Internment Latvian Nationals Lithuanian Nationals Stateless Persons Voluntary Organisations Volunteers
- Language
- English
- Locations Discussed
- Baltic States Denmark
- Organizations Discussed
- Home Office Lord President's Committee Ministry of Home Security
- Pages
- 3
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Activity Home Defence Air Raid Precautions Civil Defence Labour Supply Relations
