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Security Service file on Sidney GeorgeReilly: British. REILLY, so-called 'Ace of...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/827

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This record is about the Security Service file on Sidney GeorgeReilly: British. REILLY, so-called 'Ace of... dating from 1916 Nov 25 - 1944 Nov 29 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
KV 2/827
Date
1916 Nov 25 - 1944 Nov 29
Description
Security Service file on Sidney GeorgeReilly: British. REILLY, so-called 'Ace of Spies', worked for British Intelligence in the Soviet Union after the Revolution, was lured back into the USSR in 1925, arrested and executed.
Note
This file contains a photograph, which is believed to have been present at the time of transfer to The National Archives, but is thought to be of an unknown person and not of the subject of the file, Sidney Reilly.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PF864103
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
file(s)
Access conditions
Retained Until 2002
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Europe and Russia
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11050177/

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KV 2

The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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