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Victor Jorge Ravazine Da SILVA: Portuguese. Da SILVA was recruited as a German agent...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/2110
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This record is about the Victor Jorge Ravazine Da SILVA: Portuguese. Da SILVA was recruited as a German agent... dating from 1942 Jan 01 - 1953 Dec 31 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1942 Jan 01 - 1953 Dec 31
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Victor Jorge Ravazine Da SILVA: Portuguese. Da SILVA was recruited as a German agent in Lisbon in 1940 with the intention of turning him into a courier to South Africa. He came to the UK in 1942 posing as a Frenchman seeking to join the Free French forces. He was detained at Camp 020 where, after intensive interrogation, the conclusion was that he had swindled a number of intelligence services by selling them false information
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- PF 65507
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- Retained Until 2006
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- Open Document, Open Description
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