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James Oswald Noel VICKERS, aliases John, Jon: British. The trade union leader 'Jon'...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/3988

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This record is about the James Oswald Noel VICKERS, aliases John, Jon: British. The trade union leader 'Jon'... dating from 1934 Sep 29 - 1949 Mar 02 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
KV 2/3988
Date
1934 Sep 29 - 1949 Mar 02
Description

James Oswald Noel VICKERS, aliases John, Jon: British. The trade union leader 'Jon' VICKERS first came to the Security Service's notice through Communist sympathies in 1934 as a schoolboy at Stowe and then at Cambridge; sympathies confirmed in 1944 by censored correspondence with his wife Freddie LAMBERT while a prisoner of war. He joined the party in 1945 at the latest but left in 1956. In 1960 he was appointed Deputy General Secretary of the Civil Service Union

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PF 218780 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/C14540353/

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KV 2

The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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