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Stephen CARROLL-HELD: Irish. HELD, an IRA sympathiser, visited Germany in 1940 as...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/1450

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This record is about the Stephen CARROLL-HELD: Irish. HELD, an IRA sympathiser, visited Germany in 1940 as... dating from 1940 Jan 01 - 1951 Dec 31 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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KV 2/1450

Date

1940 Jan 01 - 1951 Dec 31

Description

Stephen CARROLL-HELD: Irish. HELD, an IRA sympathiser, visited Germany in 1940 as an emissary of the IRA to discuss Plan Kathleen, the projected German takeover of Ireland. He was arrested when equipment, including a parachute and a transmitter, later found to belong to Hermann GOERTZ, a German spy, was discovered in his house

Note

With 2 photographs

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

PF 48339 VOL 2

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Access conditions

Retained Until 2004

Closure status

Open Document, Open Description

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11190801/

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KV 2

The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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Within the department: KV

Records of the Security Service

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Within the series: KV 2

The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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