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Rudolph Albert HAMBURGER: East German. A Soviet intelligence agent since before 1930,...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/1610

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This record is about the Rudolph Albert HAMBURGER: East German. A Soviet intelligence agent since before 1930,... dating from 1935 Jan 01 - 1952 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 2/1610

Date

1935 Jan 01 - 1952 Dec 31

Description

Rudolph Albert HAMBURGER: East German. A Soviet intelligence agent since before 1930, HAMBURGER carried out a mission in Shanghai with his then wife Ursula (nee KUCZYNSKI, later BEURTON) and in 1943, was detected as an active RIS agent in Tehran. Handed to the Soviet authorities, he was imprisoned in a Soviet labour camp

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

PF 50676

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Public Record(s)

Access conditions

Retained Until 2004

Closure status

Open Document, Open Description

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11190810/

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KV 2

The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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