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Selected Historical Papers from the CHARLIE case. A Manchester businessman of German-English...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/454
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This record is about the Selected Historical Papers from the CHARLIE case. A Manchester businessman of German-English... dating from 1939 Sep 01-1946 Jan 24 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- KV 2/454
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939 Sep 01-1946 Jan 24
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Description (What the record is about)
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Selected Historical Papers from the CHARLIE case. A Manchester businessman of German-English parentage but entirely British sympathies, CHARLIE was recruited by the Abwehr during a visit to Germany in 1938 when they threatened reprisals against his family in Germany if he refused. In October 1939 the double agent, SNOW, brought a letter to CHARLIE from the Abwehr, requiring him to co-operate with SNOW. He was to provide information on shipping movements and to use his skills as an expert photographer to convert other material provided by SNOW into microfilm to facilitate its transmission to the Continent. The case lapsed in 1941 when SNOW was interned
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Physical description: with CHARLIE's account of his recruitment, SNOW's microphotographed letter to CHARLIE from the Abwehr, miniature photographs, samples of concealment under stamps, briefing material on shipping
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- PF 48283 VOLS 1-5
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10967544/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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