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Samuel W WHITE, aliases Solomon WHITE, Solomon WAINSCHELBAUM, Samuel FERGUSON: Russian,...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/3505
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This record is about the Samuel W WHITE, aliases Solomon WHITE, Solomon WAINSCHELBAUM, Samuel FERGUSON: Russian,... dating from 1936 Jul 20 - 1955 Jan 21 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 2/3505
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1936 Jul 20 - 1955 Jan 21
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Description (What the record is about)
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Samuel W WHITE, aliases Solomon WHITE, Solomon WAINSCHELBAUM, Samuel FERGUSON: Russian, Australian, British. A member of the Australian Communist Party in 1932 while a student in Australia, Sam WHITE was for many years the 'Evening Standard' correspondent in Paris. He claimed to have been expelled from the Party in 1934 but he retained contact with leading communists up to at least the 1950s
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- PF 45182
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- Public Record(s)
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- Retained Until 2011
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Australia and Pacific
- Communism
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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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