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Otto HANAK: Czechoslovakian. Arrived in the UK in 1940 as a refugee. By 1949 HANAK...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/4511
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This record is about the Otto HANAK: Czechoslovakian. Arrived in the UK in 1940 as a refugee. By 1949 HANAK... dating from 1949 Feb 5 - 1957 Jan 9 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 2/4511
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1949 Feb 5 - 1957 Jan 9
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Otto HANAK: Czechoslovakian. Arrived in the UK in 1940 as a refugee. By 1949 HANAK was acting as a paid informer for the Czech Embassy on the activities of Czech emigres. Protracted efforts to deport him were frustrated by the Czech authorities' refusal to accept him back. He died, still in the UK, in 1962
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- PF 88451 VOL 1
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- Retained Until 2019
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- Open Document, Open Description
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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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