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IM Nest Bremen. This was one of several Abwehr stations responsible from 1935 for...
Catalogue reference: KV 3/206
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This record is about the IM Nest Bremen. This was one of several Abwehr stations responsible from 1935 for... dating from 1945 Jan 01 - 1946 Dec 31 in the series The Security Service: Subject (SF 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 3/206
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945 Jan 01 - 1946 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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IM Nest Bremen. This was one of several Abwehr stations responsible from 1935 for marine espionage. The file consists mainly of interrogation reports compiled at the end of the war and of captured Abwehr documents. The latter provide details of agents under Bremen control operating against the USA and UK (including the 'double-cross' agents TATE and SNOW)
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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)
- SF 52-16-12 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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- Topics
- Internment
- Intelligence
- Americas
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11249470/
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KV 3
The Security Service: Subject (SF series) Files
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