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Jack COHEN, aliases WILSON, BARKER, WILKINS: British. An active Communist just short...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/1060
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This record is about the Jack COHEN, aliases WILSON, BARKER, WILKINS: British. An active Communist just short... dating from 1935 Dec 01-1945 Jun 18 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 2/1060
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1935 Dec 01-1945 Jun 18
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Description (What the record is about)
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Jack COHEN, aliases WILSON, BARKER, WILKINS: British. An active Communist just short of leadership level, COHEN joined the YCL in the twenties, spent four months in Russia in 1930 and, after a period doing District work in London and Coventry, joined the Education Department at Communist Party HQ in London
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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)
- PF38939 VOL 2
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- Public Record(s)
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- Retained Until 2002
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Asia
- Europe and Russia
- Communism
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11090392/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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