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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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William Richard STOKER: British. In the early 1920s it became apparent that STOKER,...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/4505
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This record is about the William Richard STOKER: British. In the early 1920s it became apparent that STOKER,... dating from 1916 Jan 13 - 1940 Jan 6 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 2/4505
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1916 Jan 13 - 1940 Jan 6
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Description (What the record is about)
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William Richard STOKER: British. In the early 1920s it became apparent that STOKER, a long standing socialist, was an active communist. He spent the 1930s in the Soviet Union managing collective farms, but returned to the UK in 1939. His views in later years are unclear but he remained a close friend of Harry Pollitt the Communist Party leader in the 1950s
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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 710604 VOL 1
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17023874/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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