Catalogue description Geoffrey Henry Cecil BING, alias ADAMS: British. The barrister Geoffrey BING came to the...

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Reference: KV 2/3811
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Geoffrey Henry Cecil BING, alias ADAMS: British. The barrister Geoffrey BING came to the notice of the Security Service in 1935 as a member of the Council for Civil Liberties founded by the Communist Party and was involved with other left-wing organisations and in the Spanish Civil War. By 1938 he was reliably reported to be a member of the Party's secret legal group and a watch was kept on him during his army service in World War II. After the war he became a Labour Member of Parliament while still probably a member of the Communist Party and was later a fellow traveller, losing his seat in 1955. Until 1960 he was adviser on constitutional matters to the President of Ghana Dr NKRUMAH

Date: 1935 Sep 03 - 1942 Jan 12
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: PF 44267 VOL 1
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Access conditions: Retained Until 2014
Record opening date: 28 February 2014

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