-23. RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN THE U.K. There are in all some 250 Soviet officials resident in this country. Of these, 126 are members of the Embassy staff, 23 belonging to the Office of the Military Attaché and 16 to the Office of the Naval Attaché. A further 94 are members of the Trade Delegation and, in addition, there are 22 directors of Russian trading firms closely allied to the Trade Delegation. There are 5 Soviet citizens working for the Tass News Agency. The Soviet Trade Delegation acts as a purchasing commission and is concerned with both general trade and war-like materials.
- Collection ID
- CAB176
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Australia Canada Germany Russia Soviet Union
- Document Reference
- CAB 176/14/11
- Document Types
- Memorandum Report
- File Reference
- CAB 176/14
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab176.0014.011
- Keywords
- Technology Intelligence Gathering Espionage Scientific Experts Communism Information Sharing Attachés Military Missions Counter-espionage Secrecy Security Soviet Agents Diplomatic Missions Trade Diplomatic Officials Industrial Intelligence Communist Infiltration Leakage Of Information Anglo-soviet Relations Aliens
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Communist Party of Great Britain Chiefs of Staff Deputy Chiefs of Staff Security Service Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Ministry of Defence
- Pages
- 6
- Persons Discussed
- Paul Gleadell William Hayter Stewart Menzies Percy Sillitoe
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- British Domestic Security
