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Security: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (Commodore Dieter Gerhardt and British operations in the South Atlantic) [trial in South Africa for Soviet espionage - no truth in speculation he passed information to Russians about British operations] [declassified Jan 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1384 f31
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Importance ranking: Minor
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Labour Party & socialism, Parliament, British relations with the Soviet Union, British policy towards South Africa, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Defence (Falklands), Security services & intelligence