In 1934, at the time of the Austrian revolt, Munich was given the task of monitoring all Austrian communications traffic including internal communications. In its earliest stage, the monitoring and capture of intercepts was intended only to thoroughly acquaint the Reichswehr cipher bureau personnel with Austrian traffic. However, after the revolt began, warrants for the arrest of political offenders appeared in the customs and police traffic, thus giving the Nazi Party information concerning the fate of its partisans across the border. At the same time, the intercept service monitored Italian communications and through its discovery that the Italians were massing a multitude of divisions at the Brenner Pass brought about the timely withdrawal of Germany from the affair.