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John Edward Christopher HILL: British. A Marxist historian and longstanding communist,...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/3946
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This record is about the John Edward Christopher HILL: British. A Marxist historian and longstanding communist,... dating from 1957 Jan 14 - 1962 May 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 2/3946
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1957 Jan 14 - 1962 May 23
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Description (What the record is about)
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John Edward Christopher HILL: British. A Marxist historian and longstanding communist, HILL joined the Party in 1936 and left it in 1957
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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 51068 VOL 6
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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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- Topics
- Communism
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14540414/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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