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Alexander Allan FOOTE: British. FOOTE, arrested by the Swiss authorities in 1943...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/1611
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This record is about the Alexander Allan FOOTE: British. FOOTE, arrested by the Swiss authorities in 1943... dating from 1941 Jan 01 - 1947 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 2/1611
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1941 Jan 01 - 1947 Dec 31
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Alexander Allan FOOTE: British. FOOTE, arrested by the Swiss authorities in 1943 in possession of a clandestine radio transmitter, had been a key figure in a Soviet spy ring, the Rote Drei, based in Switzerland during the Second World War and operating against Nazi Germany. Later, on his return to the UK disillusioned with Soviet communism, FOOTE gave full details of his involvement with Soviet military intelligence
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- PF 66965 VOL 1
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- Retained Until 2004
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- Open Document, Open Description
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