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Measures to counter activities of German Nazi and Italian Fascist groups in the UK...
Catalogue reference: KV 4/292
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This record is about the Measures to counter activities of German Nazi and Italian Fascist groups in the UK... dating from 1938 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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- KV 4/292
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1938 Jan 01 - 1940 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Measures to counter activities of German Nazi and Italian Fascist groups in the UK pre-1939 with particular reference to sabotage, subversion in the Forces etc. Weeded in 1960, this file records the action taken by MI5 itself and its efforts to prompt government action against the activities of, for example, the Auslands and Fasci all'Estero and to prevent Germans and Italians from being enlisted in the armed forces or employed in munitions factories
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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)
- POL F 66-0302-63A VOL 3
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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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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11249128/
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KV 4
The Security Service: Policy (Pol F Series) Files
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