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Catalogue description Leon JOSEPHSON (1) / Barney JOSEPHSON (2), alias (1) Bernard A HIRSCHFIELD: Latvian,...
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| Reference: | KV 2/1608 |
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| Description: |
Leon JOSEPHSON (1) / Barney JOSEPHSON (2), alias (1) Bernard A HIRSCHFIELD: Latvian, naturalised American. Leon JOSEPHSON, a lawyer by training and a self-admitted Communist, was in 1932 involved in providing support for the Russian illegal (either Comintern or Military Intelligence) LYND, then visiting India. In 1935 he was one of a group of Russian Military Intelligence agents arrested in Copenhagen and charged with espionage. Barney JOSEPHSON, a nightclub owner, was an associate of members of the Communist Party of the USA and patron of left-wing performers |
| Note: | Serial 11a: photograph, passport application |
| Date: | 1932 Jan 01 - 1947 Dec 31 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | PF 43785 VOL 1 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
| Access conditions: | Retained Until 2004 |
| Record opening date: | 30 March 2004 |
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