 Only after the failure of his efforts did the British Government bother to do a basic background check on him (on 23 October).The results were startling, as it emerged that his wife was a German national who owned considerable farm property in Germany.Furthermore, the British government was not aware that Göring had assisted Dahlerus in obtaining a marriage permit in 1934, or that Dahlerus had acted as guardian to Göring's stepson from his first marriage.