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Elizabeth Miller ELOUI, alias PENROSE, alias Lee MILLER: American. Using the professional...
Catalogue reference: KV 6/82
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This record is about the Elizabeth Miller ELOUI, alias PENROSE, alias Lee MILLER: American. Using the professional... dating from 1939 Dec 16 - 1958 May 08 in the series The Security Service: List (L Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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KV 6/82
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Date (When the record was created)
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1939 Dec 16 - 1958 May 08
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Description (What the record is about)
- Elizabeth Miller ELOUI, alias PENROSE, alias Lee MILLER: American. Using the professional name Lee MILLER, ELOUI was from 1939 a fashion photographer for 'Vogue' magazine. She came to notice in 1941 as being in contact with W F R MACARTNEY, a communist who in 1925 had been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment as a Soviet spy, and was herself an idealistic communist. In 1947 she married the artist Roland PENROSE
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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L 158-1591 VOL 1
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Public Record(s)
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Retained Until 2009
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Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11497073/
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KV 6
The Security Service: List (L Series) Files
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