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Ernest CZUCZKA alias LENS. An Austrian, CZUCZKA worked for the Far Eastern Fur Trading...
Catalogue reference: KV 6/117
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This record is about the Ernest CZUCZKA alias LENS. An Austrian, CZUCZKA worked for the Far Eastern Fur Trading... dating from 1937 May 04 - 1950 Jul 14 in the series The Security Service: List (L Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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KV 6/117
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Date (When the record was created)
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1937 May 04 - 1950 Jul 14
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ernest CZUCZKA alias LENS. An Austrian, CZUCZKA worked for the Far Eastern Fur Trading Company on the Continent before arriving in the UK as a refugee in 1938. Here he established a press agency. He was interned briefly after the outbreak of war and moved to the USA on his release. The same year CZUCZKA was identified as someone known to the Soviet intelligence defector KRIVITSKY as a Soviet agent
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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With 2 photographs. The Far Eastern Fur Trading Company is the subject of KV 2/1655
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- The National Archives, Kew
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L 169-190 VOLS 1-2
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Public Record(s)
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Retained Until 2014
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Open Document, Open Description
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KV 6
The Security Service: List (L Series) Files
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