Catalogue description Oliver Charles GREEN, alias Tommy SUMMERS: British. A known communist since 1936 and a...
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Reference: | KV 2/2204 |
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Description: |
Oliver Charles GREEN, alias Tommy SUMMERS: British. A known communist since 1936 and a volunteer to the International Brigade, he was arrested in London in January 1942 for forging petrol coupons. A police search for evidence also recovered films of classified information and a diary containing cryptic references, apparently to meetings. GREEN was jailed for the forgery, and while there was interviewed by MI5 on the other matters. He admitted recruitment as a Russian spy while in Spain and gave some information (possibly in part untrue). He refused to identify sub-agents, though he claimed to have run some. The supplementary volume records action to identify them |
Date: | 1942 Jan 01 - 1946 Dec 31 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | PF 46438 VOL 2 |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
Access conditions: | Retained Until 2006 |
Record opening date: | 03 February 2006 |
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