Sinking of the S.S. Athenia

The Common Plan or Conspiracy (Boxes 282-284) refers to Count I of the IMT indictment, namely conspiracy to commit unlawful aggression. This subseries consists of trial briefs and German documents used by the Allied prosecution team. The papers are arranged thematically as the conspiracy charge had economic, political, and military dimensions. This subseries includes detailed German war plans for invading such nations as Poland, France, Russia, Norway, and Yugoslavia. The minutes of high-level economic meetings on the mobilization for war also highlight these files. Folder includes: statement by Acting Director of Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, Major Charles Eric Wakeham, on the authenticity of document on the "Athenia."