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Alexander Allan FOOTE: British. FOOTE, arrested by the Swiss authorities in 1943...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/1612

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This record is about the Alexander Allan FOOTE: British. FOOTE, arrested by the Swiss authorities in 1943... dating from 1947 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 2/1612

Date

1947 Jan 01 - 1947 Dec 31

Description

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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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

PF 66965 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/C11190812/

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KV 2

The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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