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Guy VISSAULT DE COETLOGON, alias Alain GODVIL: French. He worked against Breton nationalists,...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/302
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This record is about the Guy VISSAULT DE COETLOGON, alias Alain GODVIL: French. He worked against Breton nationalists,... dating from 1944 Sep 28-1944 Oct 16 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1944 Sep 28-1944 Oct 16
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Guy VISSAULT DE COETLOGON, alias Alain GODVIL: French. He worked against Breton nationalists, fought against the Partisans for a time and had some knowledge of German operations against the Irish. He was condemned to death by a French court, but the file does not say whether he was executed.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- PF 600237 VOL 2
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- Open Document, Open Description
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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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