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Grigoriy Zinovyevich BESEDOVSKIY: Russian. BESEDOVSKIY fled in 1929 while Charg?...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/2671

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This record is about the Grigoriy Zinovyevich BESEDOVSKIY: Russian. BESEDOVSKIY fled in 1929 while Charg?... dating from 1930 Jan 06 - 1955 Aug 04 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
KV 2/2671
Date
1930 Jan 06 - 1955 Aug 04
Description

Grigoriy Zinovyevich BESEDOVSKIY: Russian. BESEDOVSKIY fled in 1929 while Charg? d'Affaires at the Soviet Embassy in Paris and under orders to return to Moscow on suspicion of embezzlement. He subsequently became leader of a group of Soviet 'non-returners' in Paris which published the journal 'Borba' ('The Struggle'). The file contains many press cuttings of news reports about the affair and about BESEDOVSKIY's memoirs

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PF 4178
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Retained Until 2007
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11377560/

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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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