Canaris's international intelligence network gave him unusual access to other services, including contacts with MI6 in Spain. Those conversations asked what terms Britain would demand for peace if Hitler were removed. The answer was unconditional surrender. The exchange presents Canaris as a German patriot seeking a post-Hitler future for his country, rather than as a British double agent.
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MI6 contacts and peace terms without Hitler
Canaris used contacts with MI6 in Spain to ask what peace would require if Hitler were removed, an approach presented as German patriotism rather than service as a British double agent.