Though officially a citizen of Czechoslovakia, Schindler also became a spy for the Abwehr, then commanded by Admiral Wilhelm Canaris.

One source contends that he also continued to work for Canaris and the Abwehr, paving the way for the Wehrmacht's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939.

Arguments used by Franco to counter Hitler's demands for German access to Spanish territory were influenced directly by Canaris, who met with a number of his top advisors.

Munich was a severe disappointment for Kleist and Canaris.

There are claims that Canaris, who was extremely shocked by this ' dishonest and stupid decision ' ( his own words ), decided to be cautious and wait for a better time to act against Hitler.

After hearing reports of and witnessing massacres in Poland, Canaris on 12 September 1939 travelled to Hitler's headquarters train, at the time in Upper Silesia, to register his objection to the atrocities ; prior to reaching Hitler he encountered General Wilhelm Keitel whom he informed: " I have information that mass executions are being planned in Poland, and that members of the Polish nobility and the Roman Catholic bishops and priests have been singled out for extermination.

Canaris wanted to know the terms for peace if Germany got rid of Hitler.

A Czech agent — Paul Thümmel — was arrested by Heydrich, but Canaris intervened to save him, claiming he was a double agent actually working for Abwehr.

Canaris appeared to retreat and handled the situation diplomatically, but there was no immediate effect on the Abwehr for the time being.

It is not clear whether Canaris, who had an extensive intelligence network at his disposal, was misinformed or was attempting to sabotage Hitler's plans ( Canaris would be executed much later in the war for supposedly participating in the 20 July Plot ).

Lissner was gathering intelligence in Japan and East Asia for the Nazis, working for Admiral Canaris in his spying capacity.

On 8 August, made confident by the secret talks with Canaris, Franco presented extravagant terms for his cooperation to the German Ambassador to Spain, Eberhard von Stohrer ; he said that he would only join Hitler if Spain were promised Gibraltar and French Morocco.

It was planned that General Jodl would go to Spain to make preparations for the attack on Gibraltar as soon as Canaris had obtained Franco's agreement.

Canaris accordingly met with Franco on 7 December and put to Franco the need for Spain's immediate entry into the war.

During World War II, Müller was heavily involved in espionage and counter-espionage, particularly since the Nazi regime increasingly distrusted the military intelligence service — the Abwehr — which under Admiral Wilhelm Canaris was indeed a hotbed of activity for the German Resistance.

In this, Canaris and Oster achieved their purpose as Goerdeler's misinformation resulted in first the " Dutch War Scare " which gripped the British government in late January 1939, which in turn led to the public declarations by the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in February that any German attack upon France, Switzerland, and the Low Countries would be automatically considered the casus belli for an Anglo-German war, leading to the British " continental commitment " to defend France with a large ground force.

He was also the first person to identify and interview the mistress of Admiral Canaris, the German intelligence chief who headed the Abwehr, and he was responsible for the exposure of Leo Long and Edward Scott as Soviet spies.

After 1938, Henlein worked as a spy for the British and had conspirative contacts with Admiral Wilhelm Canaris.

Canaris, large earthenware jars using for containing water or dolo are often stacked up against the kitchen walls.

Europe and Japan realized the benefits of these exchanges ( for example, the Japanese sent data about Soviet forces in the Far East and in Operation Barbarossa from the Japanese Embassy, and Admiral Canaris offered aid in respect to the Portuguese neutrality question in Timor ).

When World War II started, Gisevius joined the German intelligence service, the Abwehr, which was headed by Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, who was an opponent of Hitler.

Canaris had surrounded himself with Wehrmacht officers opposed to Hitler and he welcomed Gisevius into this group.

In 1943, while in occupied France, Canaris is said to have made contact with British agents: he was conducted blindfolded to the Convent of the Nuns of the Passion of our Blessed Lord, 127 Rue de la Santé, where he met the local head of the British Intelligence Services, code name " Jade Amicol ", in reality Colonel Claude Olivier.

With the intercession of the United States Department of State in Washington, DC and with the lobbying of many Jewish leaders on behalf of the Rebbe ( and, reputedly, with the help of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, the head of the Abwehr ), he was finally granted diplomatic immunity and given safe passage to go via Berlin to Riga, and then on to New York City, where he arrived on 19 March 1940.

On 22 July, Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, the head of the Abwehr and an acknowledged expert on Spain, travelled with several other German officers to Madrid, Spain, where they held talks with Spanish ruler General Francisco Franco and General Juan Vigón, his Minister of War.

She will seek treatment for her illness aboard the Enterprise while the ship takes her to Epsilon Canaris III, where she will join in negotiation talks between the planet's warring factions.

In August, Canaris met with Franco's brother-in-law, Ramón Serrano Súñer, who was about to become Spain's Foreign Minister.

Canaris met with Franco around the same time and warned him that if Spain joined the Axis, the Spanish islands — even mainland Spain itself — would be at risk from a British attack.

* January 23 – " Dutch War Scare ": Admiral Wilhelm Canaris of the Abwehr leaks misinformation to the effect that Germany plans to invade the Netherlands in February, with the aim of using Dutch air-fields to launch a strategic bombing offensive against Britain.

** Abwehr conspirators Wilhelm Canaris, Hans Oster and Hans Dohanyi are hanged at Flossenberg concentration camp, along with pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

As such, the SD came into immediate, fierce competition with German military intelligence arm, the Abwehr, headed by Admiral Wilhelm Canaris.

Most of the crew became prisoners in Chile in March 1915, but Canaris escaped in August 1915, using his fluency in Spanish ; with the aid of some German merchants he returned to Germany in October 1917 via, among other countries, Great Britain.

During the 1938 crisis over Czechoslovakia that culminated in the Munich Agreement, Canaris was together with the army chief of staff, General Ludwig Beck and the Foreign Office ’ s state secretary Ernst von Weizsäcker, a leader of the " anti-war " group in the German government, which was determined to avoid a war in 1938 that it felt Germany would lose.

Nevertheless, it appears likely that MI6 maintained contact with Canaris even after the Munich Agreement signed on 30 September 1938.

Presumably, the Canaris posting in Abwehr had the secret approval of the dynamic Heydrich, who preferred him to his predecessor, Commander Pfatz, who was not in line with the Nazi party members.

Canaris appeared outwardly to side with his friend Heydrich, but only in order to give Abwehr a chance to grow and become a considerable force.

" Keitel admonished Canaris to go no further with his protest as the detailed plan of atrocities came directly from Hitler, himself.

Shocked by these incidents, Canaris began working more actively, at increasing risk, to overthrow Hitler's régime, although he cooperated with the SD to create a decoy.

At an officers conference in Berlin, December 1941, Canaris is quoted as saying " Abwehr has nothing to do with persecution of Jews .... no concern of ours, we hold ourselves aloof from it " ( MI6 Sub-section Vf files NA HW 1 / 327 ).

After 1942, Canaris visited Spain frequently and was probably in contact with British agents from Gibraltar.

In fact, Canaris had established another two links with MI6 — one via Zurich, and the other via Spain and Gibraltar.

Trevor-Roper declared in The Philby Affair ( 1968 ) that Philby was never in a position to undermine efforts by the Chief of German Military Intelligence Abwehr, Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, to overthrow the Nazi regime and negotiate with the British government.

Ultimately he was granted diplomatic immunity, and arrived in New York in March 1940, reputedly with the help of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris.

His life's story beyond his encounter with Kirk at Gamma Canaris in " Metamorphosis " is depicted up to his death during the events of the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.