HS9/1540/1
MI-5 ---
POTTER filed under LAW/223.
R.V.P.S. Date of Interrogation: 16-3-44
DE VOS, Pieter. (19.743)
Nationality: Dutch.
Born: 20-5-1925, SOEST (UTRECHT).
Occupation: Student.
Approximate date of information: November 1943.
Estimated degree of reliability: A.1.
APPENDIX A - SUSPECTS IN HOLLAND.
1. BEEKHUYS(EN), Dirk @ VAN DAM.
Address:
17 Valkenboschkade, The Hague (July 1943). Probably an accommodation address.
Description:
Age; 45/50, Height: 1.80/1.85 m. Thin build, Thin greying hair, Thin swarthy face, Deep-set eyes, Fairly large nose, Very bad teeth (brown stumps), Wore spectacles, Walked with an upright carriage, Giving impression of having been a soldier, Said to have been a ship's engineer, Claimed to be an expert photographer and to be the executor of several excellent technical drawings which he possesses of the "Stellung Hase" (Harderwyk).
A person of this name and description has been cited on a Dutch underground warning list (October 1943) as an agent provocateur. He may be identical with George RIDDERHOF @ VAN VLIET. Suspect claimed to be working with an intelligence group in LOUVAIN, Belgium, which was supposed to be in contact with the UK. He asked young Dutchmen to supply him with intelligence reports which he claimed to be able to send to this country. Suspect related that early in 1943 he had been working a WT in DELFZIJL until 15 members of his group were arrested in GRONINGEN and 13 of them shot.
2. [redacted] (Dutch). A friend of BEEKHUYSEN and also suspect.
3. "KLAAS"
Description:
Age 30/35. Height: 1.70 m. Thin build, Pale Face, Round shoulders, Deep-set brown eyes. Spoke with a nasal voice, Nervous manner.
Assistent to BEEKHUYSEN (No.1) "KLAAS" accompanied [redacted] a young Dutchman, who had been given material by BEEKHUYSEN for the UK as far as TOULOUSE. "KLAAS" returned to Holland and [redacted] was arrested.
Redacted under FOI exemption 40(2). Closed until 2031.
POTTER filed under LAW/223.
R.V.P.S. Date of Interrogation: 16-3-44
DE VOS, Pieter. (19.743)
Nationality: Dutch.
Born: 20-5-1925, SOEST (UTRECHT).
Occupation: Student.
Approximate date of information: November 1943.
Estimated degree of reliability: A.1.
APPENDIX A - SUSPECTS IN HOLLAND.
1. BEEKHUYS(EN), Dirk @ VAN DAM.
Address:
17 Valkenboschkade, The Hague (July 1943). Probably an accommodation address.
Description:
Age; 45/50, Height: 1.80/1.85 m. Thin build, Thin greying hair, Thin swarthy face, Deep-set eyes, Fairly large nose, Very bad teeth (brown stumps), Wore spectacles, Walked with an upright carriage, Giving impression of having been a soldier, Said to have been a ship's engineer, Claimed to be an expert photographer and to be the executor of several excellent technical drawings which he possesses of the "Stellung Hase" (Harderwyk).
A person of this name and description has been cited on a Dutch underground warning list (October 1943) as an agent provocateur. He may be identical with George RIDDERHOF @ VAN VLIET. Suspect claimed to be working with an intelligence group in LOUVAIN, Belgium, which was supposed to be in contact with the UK. He asked young Dutchmen to supply him with intelligence reports which he claimed to be able to send to this country. Suspect related that early in 1943 he had been working a WT in DELFZIJL until 15 members of his group were arrested in GRONINGEN and 13 of them shot.
2. [redacted] (Dutch). A friend of BEEKHUYSEN and also suspect.
3. "KLAAS"
Description:
Age 30/35. Height: 1.70 m. Thin build, Pale Face, Round shoulders, Deep-set brown eyes. Spoke with a nasal voice, Nervous manner.
Assistent to BEEKHUYSEN (No.1) "KLAAS" accompanied [redacted] a young Dutchman, who had been given material by BEEKHUYSEN for the UK as far as TOULOUSE. "KLAAS" returned to Holland and [redacted] was arrested.
Redacted under FOI exemption 40(2). Closed until 2031.
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03-11-1943
03-11-1943