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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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Samuel Landon BARRON alias BARONOVITZ: British. A graduate of the London School of...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/4423
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This record is about the Samuel Landon BARRON alias BARONOVITZ: British. A graduate of the London School of... dating from 1950 Jan 4 - 1967 Mar 29 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 2/4423
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1950 Jan 4 - 1967 Mar 29
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Description (What the record is about)
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Samuel Landon BARRON alias BARONOVITZ: British. A graduate of the London School of Economics and private secretary to a MP, he was reported in 1932 to be providing the Communist Party with political information. Later in the 1930s he was approached by a Soviet intelligence agent who attempted to recruit him; an offer which, after an initial collaboration, he claimed he did not take up. His case was thoroughly investigated and included two interviews with him
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Serial 448a: newspaper photograph
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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 42537 VOL 5
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- Public Record(s)
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- Retained Until 2019
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17023792/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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