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Accessions administration: KV 2
Catalogue reference: PRO 57/15934
Date: 2000 Jan 1 - 2003 Dec 31
Accessions administration: KV 2
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Hans SPEIDEL: German. A senior German army officer in the Second World War linked...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/3894
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This record is about the Hans SPEIDEL: German. A senior German army officer in the Second World War linked... dating from 1930 Aug 20 - 1959 Oct 23 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- KV 2/3894
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1930 Aug 20 - 1959 Oct 23
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Description (What the record is about)
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Hans SPEIDEL: German. A senior German army officer in the Second World War linked to the 20 July plot against HITLER, SPEIDEL was Commander NATO Land Forces in the 1950s and was the subject of a communist inspired campaign alleging that he had committed Nazi-style crimes before and during the war. These allegations reached the High Court in the UK and were found to have no substance
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- PF 772229 VOL 1
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Retained Until 2014
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14540318/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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