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Richard SLANSKY / Waltraut SLANSKY: Czechoslovak. A leading Czech communist in the...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/2041
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This record is about the Richard SLANSKY / Waltraut SLANSKY: Czechoslovak. A leading Czech communist in the... dating from 1949 Jan 01 - 1953 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 2/2041
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1949 Jan 01 - 1953 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Richard SLANSKY / Waltraut SLANSKY: Czechoslovak. A leading Czech communist in the 1930s, Richard SLANSKY and his wife came to Britain in 1939 as refugees. Traute SLANSKY was the widow of Max HOELZ, a German communist leader in the 1920s. Both Slanskys had Comintern links. Having returned to Prague, SLANSKY was appointed Czech Ambassador to Iran in 1948, only to be declared persona non grata the following year. Richard was brother to Rudolf SLANSKY, Secretary General of the Czech Communist Party who in 1951 was put on trial in Prague and later executed as a spy. Richard was imprisoned for life in 1953 for treason against the Czech state
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Two photographs at front of Volume 2
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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 46563 VOL 2
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Retained Until 2005
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11249206/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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