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Erik Aage Richard JENSEN, alias Richard JENSEN: Danish. In 1922 he was leader of...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/2158

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This record is about the Erik Aage Richard JENSEN, alias Richard JENSEN: Danish. In 1922 he was leader of... dating from 1927 Jan 01 - 1951 Dec 31 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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KV 2/2158
Date
1927 Jan 01 - 1951 Dec 31
Description

Erik Aage Richard JENSEN, alias Richard JENSEN: Danish. In 1922 he was leader of a new communist group in Denmark, Chairman of the Stokers Union and leader of the Danish Workmen's Party, subsidised by the Soviet Legation; in the 1930s he was a member of the Copenhagen Secretariat of the International Seamen and Harbour Workers (ISH), a COMINTERN 'Front'; in 1933 he was involved in providing false passports and seamen's documentation; alleged to be an OGPU agent

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Photographs
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PF 41911
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Retained Until 2006
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Labour
Europe and Russia
Communism
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11270897/

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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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