Catalogue description Investigation into German espionage through shipping lines from the Iberian Peninsula. A...

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Details of KV 3/420
Reference: KV 3/420
Description:

Investigation into German espionage through shipping lines from the Iberian Peninsula. A task of the Abwehr's station in Bilbao was to recruit agents on Spanish ships crossing the Atlantic in order to receive reports on Allied convoys and other shipping.This file deals with MI5's operation to identify who these agents were

Date: 1942 Aug 09 - 1944 Aug 14
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: SF 52-2-29
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Access conditions: Retained Until 2012
Record opening date: 17 February 2012

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