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Jacob ALBAM, alias ALBAMAS. A Lithuanian recruited in Paris as a Soviet agent in...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/3798

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This record is about the Jacob ALBAM, alias ALBAMAS. A Lithuanian recruited in Paris as a Soviet agent in... dating from 1950 Mar 27 - 1958 Mar 17 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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KV 2/3798
Date
1950 Mar 27 - 1958 Mar 17
Description

Jacob ALBAM, alias ALBAMAS. A Lithuanian recruited in Paris as a Soviet agent in 1937, ALBAM moved to the USA in 1947. He was arrested on espionage charges in 1957 and later imprisoned for five years

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PF 142418
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Retained Until 2014
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14206445/

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