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Jose OLIVERA DEL RIO: Spanish. A ship's wireless operator on the route from Spain...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/1937

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This record is about the Jose OLIVERA DEL RIO: Spanish. A ship's wireless operator on the route from Spain... dating from 1942 Jan 01 - 1943 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
KV 2/1937
Date
1942 Jan 01 - 1943 Dec 31
Description

Jose OLIVERA DEL RIO: Spanish. A ship's wireless operator on the route from Spain to the Americas, OLIVERA DEL RIO was recruited by the Germans in 1941 as a courier and reporter on shipping movements and also later by the Italians. His ship was intercepted in mid-Atlantic in October 1943 and escorted to Gibraltar and searched, OLIVERA DEL RIO being sent to the UK and interrogated at Camp 020, where he confessed

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PF 66043 VOL 1
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Retained Until 2005
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Shipping
Radio and television
Europe and Russia
Conflict
Communications
Operations, battles and campaigns
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11249217/

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KV 2

The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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