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Arpad PLESCH, aliases PLESCH-ARFORD, PLESCH Y SELIGMAN: Hungarian, Haitian, Spanish....

Catalogue reference: KV 2/1885

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This record is about the Arpad PLESCH, aliases PLESCH-ARFORD, PLESCH Y SELIGMAN: Hungarian, Haitian, Spanish.... dating from 1937 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 2/1885
Date
1937 Jan 01 - 1952 Dec 31
Description

Arpad PLESCH, aliases PLESCH-ARFORD, PLESCH Y SELIGMAN: Hungarian, Haitian, Spanish. An international businessman involved in the Haiti sugar trade, PLESCH was suspected of assisting in the financing of the Rote Drei Soviet spy ring in Switzerland during World War II and of assistance to the German war effort. Neither suspicion was confirmed

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PF 46778 VOLS 1-2
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Retained Until 2005
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11234823/

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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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