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Theodoros (Theodore) VOKOS: Greek. Editor of the Greek 'Mercantile Marine Review',...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/3756
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This record is about the Theodoros (Theodore) VOKOS: Greek. Editor of the Greek 'Mercantile Marine Review',... dating from 1940 May 17 - 1959 Dec 17 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940 May 17 - 1959 Dec 17
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Theodoros (Theodore) VOKOS: Greek. Editor of the Greek 'Mercantile Marine Review', during World War II VOKOS worked for Radio Free Greece in Palestine. In 1949 he was convicted in Athens for contravening press and emergency state protection laws, imprisoned but later acquitted. In the 1950s he was a newspaper editor and publisher in London and suspected of involvement in Greek communist affairs. This suspicion was not confirmed by MI5 sources. With photograph.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- PF 719114
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- Retained Until 2012
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- Open Document, Open Description
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