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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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Eric Arthur ROBERTS, alias Jack KING: British - The Fifth Column Case: British. ROBERTS,...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/3873
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This record is about the Eric Arthur ROBERTS, alias Jack KING: British - The Fifth Column Case: British. ROBERTS,... dating from 1942 Aug 29 - 1945 Apr 19 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 2/3873
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942 Aug 29 - 1945 Apr 19
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Description (What the record is about)
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Eric Arthur ROBERTS, alias Jack KING: British - The Fifth Column Case: British. ROBERTS, an MI5 officer posing as a Gestapo officer, acted as a focus for information gathered about the war effort by Nazi sympathisers in Britain, thus ensuring it did not reach the enemy
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Further details of the 'Fifth Column' ('Jack King/SR') case may be found on KV 2/3800, PERIGOE
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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 603648 LINK B
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14540348/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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