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Miguel PIERNAVIEJA DEL POZO, aliases POGO, POJO: Spanish. Arriving in London in 1940...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/3848

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This record is about the Miguel PIERNAVIEJA DEL POZO, aliases POGO, POJO: Spanish. Arriving in London in 1940... dating from 1940 Oct 02 - 1940 Nov 14 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
KV 2/3848
Date
1940 Oct 02 - 1940 Nov 14
Description

Miguel PIERNAVIEJA DEL POZO, aliases POGO, POJO: Spanish. Arriving in London in 1940 under cover as a journalist, POZO was used by the German intelligence service to contact the double-cross agent GW, a sub-agent of SNOW. His dissolute behaviour led to his being recalled by the Spanish government

Note
Serial 6a: photograph. Serial 15x: 6 photographs and passport papers. Serial 25z: photograph and passport papers
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PF 53997 VOL 1
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/C14540323/

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KV 2

The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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