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Hans Von MEISS TEUFFEN: Swiss. Recruited by German Naval Intelligence in 1940, TEUFFEN...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/744
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This record is about the Hans Von MEISS TEUFFEN: Swiss. Recruited by German Naval Intelligence in 1940, TEUFFEN... dating from 1942 Jul 21-1943 Feb 07 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 2/744
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942 Jul 21-1943 Feb 07
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Hans Von MEISS TEUFFEN: Swiss. Recruited by German Naval Intelligence in 1940, TEUFFEN was arrested in The Gambia in 1942 en route by sea to the Belgian Congo where his brief was to report details of shipping and to gather economic information. Ashore and after some delay, he confessed his intelligence role and volunteered his services to the British though the offer was not taken up. It transpired that he had been trained in radio transmission and secret writing in preparation for espionage along the West Coast and in Central Africa. TEUFFEN was brought to Britain, interrogated at Camp 020 and later released
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- PF63196 VOL 3
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Retained Until 2002
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- Open Document, Open Description
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