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Catalogue description Gastao CRAWFORD DE FREITAS FERRAZ alias Gustav: Portuguese. De FREITAS FERRAZ was a...
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| Reference: | KV 2/2946 |
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| Description: |
Gastao CRAWFORD DE FREITAS FERRAZ alias Gustav: Portuguese. De FREITAS FERRAZ was a wireless operator on a Portuguese fishing depot ship recruited by the Abwehr to provide maritime intelligence, under neutral cover. However while his ship was en route from Newfoundland to Lisbon he was arrested and removed, first to Gibraltar then to Camp 020. When arrested on the high seas, his ship was on the tail of a convoy taking part in the North African landings. De FREITAS FERRAZ was interrogated and confessed. He was detained for the duration of the war. |
| Note: | Difficult to read owing to poor quality microfiche |
| Date: | 1942 Jun 01 - 1943 Jan 20 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | PF 65113 VOL 1 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
| Access conditions: | Retained Until 2009 |
| Record opening date: | 03 March 2009 |
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