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Peter Henry PREVOT: British. Working in Hong Kong and a member of the Shanghai Stock...
Catalogue reference: KV 6/58
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This record is about the Peter Henry PREVOT: British. Working in Hong Kong and a member of the Shanghai Stock... dating from 1938 Jan 01 - 1940 Dec 31 in the series The Security Service: List (L 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 6/58
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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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Peter Henry PREVOT: British. Working in Hong Kong and a member of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, PREVOT confessed in 1938 to being a Japanese spy
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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)
- L 262-126
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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 2006
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Asia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11270077/
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KV 6
The Security Service: List (L Series) Files
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