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Accessions administration: KV 2
Catalogue reference: PRO 57/15934
Date: 2000 Jan 1 - 2003 Dec 31
Accessions administration: KV 2
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Wilhelm MORZ, aliases MOERZ, Josef NOVAK, Werner MICHELSON: Czech, German. A former...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/2107
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This record is about the Wilhelm MORZ, aliases MOERZ, Josef NOVAK, Werner MICHELSON: Czech, German. A former... dating from 1941 Jan 01 - 1955 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 2/2107
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1941 Jan 01 - 1955 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Wilhelm MORZ, aliases MOERZ, Josef NOVAK, Werner MICHELSON: Czech, German. A former police official from Hamburg, MORZ became an agent of the Czech intelligence service and with the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Germans, a Gestapo double agent. He was possibly responsible for the capture of two SIS officers in the 'Venlo Incident'. He visited London in 1939 and was reported to have visited again for intelligence purposes in 1940 but extensive investigation, with many false leads, failed to confirm this report
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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 48544 VOL 2
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- Public Record(s)
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- Retained Until 2006
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- Open Document, Open Description
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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