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Bruno Maximovich PONTECORVO: Italian, British, Russian. PONTECORVO, employed on atomic...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/1887
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This record is about the Bruno Maximovich PONTECORVO: Italian, British, Russian. PONTECORVO, employed on atomic... dating from 1945 Jan 01 - 1950 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 2/1887
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945 Jan 01 - 1950 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Bruno Maximovich PONTECORVO: Italian, British, Russian. PONTECORVO, employed on atomic projects in North America and then at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) at Harwell in the UK, defected to the USSR in 1950 following a holiday in Italy with his family
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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 69341 VOL 1
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- Public Record(s)
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- Retained Until 2005
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11234825/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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