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Poland: Evacuation from Poland of British Embassy Warsaw Local Employee

26 Oct 1947

A file detailing a protracted operation to extract from Poland a Polish member of staff at the British embassy in Warsaw and her son. The documents consist of the correspondence between London and the embassy, and cover the initial plan for the subject's extraction, transport and crossing of the border, the failure of the initial attempt, the eventual success of the operation, and its financing.
security united kingdom poland germany czechoslovakia finances cold war agents special operations border controls foreign office orme sargent intelligence funding intelligence operations escape permanent under-secretary's department
Collection ID
FO1093
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
Czechoslovakia Germany Poland United Kingdom
Document Reference
FO 1093/421/2
Document Types
Correspondence
File Reference
FO 1093/421
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0421.002
Keywords
Agents Special Operations Finances Border Controls Escape Security
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
Pages
74
Persons Discussed
Orme Sargent
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Intelligence Operations Intelligence Funding

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