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Gaston Georges QUIEN: French. In 1919 QUIEN was put on trial in France for his part...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/844
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This record is about the Gaston Georges QUIEN: French. In 1919 QUIEN was put on trial in France for his part... dating from 1918 Feb 08-1919 Sep 17 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 2/844
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1918 Feb 08-1919 Sep 17
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Description (What the record is about)
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Gaston Georges QUIEN: French. In 1919 QUIEN was put on trial in France for his part in the betrayal to the Germans of Edith CAVELL's organisation which was established to help Allied servicemen to escape from Occupied France and Belgium to the safety of Holland. The file contains a collection of papers concerning the investigation of QUIEN from the General HQ Intelligence file on the matter and includes evidence for the claim that it was British Intelligence in France, investigating the betrayal of Nurse CAVELL, who first discovered QUIEN's role in the affair and brought it to the attention of the French authorities
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- PF37346
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- file(s)
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- Retained Until 2002
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- Open Document, Open Description
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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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