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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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Vivian Bernard MEIK: British. A journalist who claimed falsely to have been employed...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/2414
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This record is about the Vivian Bernard MEIK: British. A journalist who claimed falsely to have been employed... dating from 1943 Jan 01 - 1944 Jan 01 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF 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 2/2414
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1943 Jan 01 - 1944 Jan 01
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Description (What the record is about)
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Vivian Bernard MEIK: British. A journalist who claimed falsely to have been employed by British Intelligence, MEIK was convicted under the Official Secrets Act in 1943 for improperly obtaining documents from a Foreign Office employee Gwendoline AYRES and both were sentenced to two years' imprisonment. The Supp B papers deal with prosecution and, peripherally, with a prison officer who improperly passed letters to and from MEIK in prison
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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 44834 SUPP B
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11287880/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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