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Andrey Fedorovich ROTSHTEYN / Teodor Aronovich ROTSHTEYN, alias Andrew and Theodore...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/1584
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This record is about the Andrey Fedorovich ROTSHTEYN / Teodor Aronovich ROTSHTEYN, alias Andrew and Theodore... dating from 1927 Jan 01 - 1932 Dec 31 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- KV 2/1584
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1927 Jan 01 - 1932 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Andrey Fedorovich ROTSHTEYN / Teodor Aronovich ROTSHTEYN, alias Andrew and Theodore ROTHSTEIN: Russian/British. Theodore ROTHSTEIN, a close associate of Litvinoff, was an early Communist in London. In 1920 he was said to be the principal agent of the Soviet Government in Britain, deeply concerned with attempts to establish a single, united Communist Party in the UK answerable to Moscow. The following year he was appointed Soviet ambassador and Comintern representative in Persia. Andrew ROTHSTEIN, his son, was a founder member of the British Communist Party who in 1922 began work in the Information Department of the Soviet Embassy (later to be known as Tass) in London. He was deeply involved in the early underground work of the Communist Party and during its early years a directing influence on its policies. At one point in the 1920s he was a conduit for Soviet funds to the Party. In 1944 ROTHSTEIN was removed from his Tass post but thereafter remained in close contact with the Communist Party and the Soviet Embassy
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Contains fire-damaged history sheets
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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)
- PF 655300 SUPP C
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- Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Retained Until 2004
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Middle East
- Communism
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11190931/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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