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Policy and procedure re prosecution of enemy agents and persons assisting or associating...

Catalogue reference: KV 4/293

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This record is about the Policy and procedure re prosecution of enemy agents and persons assisting or associating... dating from 1939 Jan 01 - 1940 Dec 31 in the series The Security Service: Policy (Pol F Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
KV 4/293
Date
1939 Jan 01 - 1940 Dec 31
Description

Policy and procedure re prosecution of enemy agents and persons assisting or associating with them 1939-1945. The file discusses some questions, mostly of a legal character, relating to the prosecution of spies, including where cases were based on a confession or where there was hope that an agent might be of use in the Double-Cross operation

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
POL F 66-0302-70 VOL 1
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/C11249113/

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KV 4

The Security Service: Policy (Pol F Series) Files

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Policy and procedure re prosecution of enemy agents and persons assisting or associating...

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