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Donald Owen Reginald ADAMS: British. A racing journalist and ex-serviceman, he made...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/291
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This record is about the Donald Owen Reginald ADAMS: British. A racing journalist and ex-serviceman, he made... dating from 1944 Mar 26-1946 Jul 15 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1944 Mar 26-1946 Jul 15
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Donald Owen Reginald ADAMS: British. A racing journalist and ex-serviceman, he made contact with the German Intelligence Service in 1937 or 1938. Thereafter he passed them regular reports for which he was paid. He was convicted in 1939 and sentenced to 7 years penal servitude.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- PF 46944 VOL 2
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