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Friedrich Wilhelm Michael OBLADEN: German. A businessman based in Hamburg before...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/521

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This record is about the Friedrich Wilhelm Michael OBLADEN: German. A businessman based in Hamburg before... dating from 1937 Sep 29-1946 Aug 13 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
KV 2/521
Date
1937 Sep 29-1946 Aug 13
Description

Friedrich Wilhelm Michael OBLADEN: German. A businessman based in Hamburg before the Second World War, OBLADEN was recruited in 1937 to give information to the Abwehr which he picked up from contacts with British and American businessmen. When war came he was taken on as a consultant by Ast Hamburg, but he claimed that his intelligence career was short-lived and ended in March 1941

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PF46805
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
file(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Conflict
Operations, battles and campaigns
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11016523/

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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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