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Oscar LIEHR: Argentinian. Recruited as a German espionage agent in Lisbon in 1943,...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/2113

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This record is about the Oscar LIEHR: Argentinian. Recruited as a German espionage agent in Lisbon in 1943,... dating from 1943 Jan 01 - 1958 Dec 31 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
KV 2/2113
Date
1943 Jan 01 - 1958 Dec 31
Description

Oscar LIEHR: Argentinian. Recruited as a German espionage agent in Lisbon in 1943, LIEHR was given basic wireless and secret writing training and a paid passage to Buenos Aires. He was taken off ship at Trinidad where after initial denials he confessed to his interrogator. Later he was transferred to the UK and interrogated at Camp 020

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PF 65740 VOL 2
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Retained Until 2006
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11270914/

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KV 2

The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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Oscar LIEHR: Argentinian. Recruited as a German espionage agent in Lisbon in 1943,...

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