1983 Jan 19 - 1984 Jan 23
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1384
Security (South African diplomat accused of spying for Russia)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Jan 3 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 36 |
| Any docs withheld? | 2 |
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| Date | Value | Title |
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| 83 Jan 19 We | Minor | Security: Cabinet Office minute to MT (security case) [possibility of defection to USSR; return to "place of origin"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Sep 8 Th | Minor | 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] |
| 83 Dec 20 Tu | Minor | Security: MT letter to Ted Leadbitter MP (Commodore Dieter Gerhardt and British operations in the South Atlantic) [trial in South Africa for Soviet espionage; "absolutely no evidence... that Gerhardt may have obtained or disclosed information from British sources on operations in the South Atlantic last year"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jan 23 Mo | Minor | Security: MT letter to Ted Leadbitter (Commodore Dieter Gerhardt and British operations in the South Atlantic) [trial in South Africa for Soviet espionage: "no basis whatever for your surmises that Gerhardt in some way compromised our operations"] [declassified Jan 2014] |