Catalogue description Eric Arthur ROBERTS, alias Jack KING: British - The Fifth Column Case: British. ROBERTS,...

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Details of KV 2/3873
Reference: KV 2/3873
Description:

Eric Arthur ROBERTS, alias Jack KING: British - The Fifth Column Case: British. ROBERTS, an MI5 officer posing as a Gestapo officer, acted as a focus for information gathered about the war effort by Nazi sympathisers in Britain, thus ensuring it did not reach the enemy

Note: Further details of the 'Fifth Column' ('Jack King/SR') case may be found on KV 2/3800, PERIGOE
Date: 1942 Aug 29 - 1945 Apr 19
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: PF 603648 LINK B
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Access conditions: Retained Until 2014
Record opening date: 24 October 2014

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