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Catalogue description Joseph Volkovich VOLODARSKY and Elisabeth Grigorievna VOLODARSKAYA: Polish-Russian (in...
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| Reference: | KV 2/2882 |
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| Description: |
Joseph Volkovich VOLODARSKY and Elisabeth Grigorievna VOLODARSKAYA: Polish-Russian (in aliases also claimed French and Canadian nationalities). VOLODARSKY came to the UK in 1930 to work at Russian Oil Products in Bristol. In September 1932, calling himself OLSEN and pretending to be Romanian journalist, he tried to buy commercially-sensitive information from Shell-Mex employee, for which he was convicted of corruption and fined. Returned to Russia, and next appeared in Canada during 1935-1936 using variations on the names LABIS and FELDMAN, taking part in providing documentation for the Soviet Illegal Willy BRANDES, associated with the Woolwich Arsenal/GLADING espionage case. Actively involved in espionage (OGDU/NKVD) in the USA for some years, in November 1940 he was arrested in Canada and interned |
| Note: | Serial 147a - Case summary. One photograph |
| Date: | 1944 Mar 01 - 1957 Mar 01 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | PF 4234 VOL 4 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
| Access conditions: | Retained Until 2008 |
| Record opening date: | 30 August 2008 |
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