Renee Petitpas

Renee Petitpas, alias BLANCHE (in Robinson's group), or BIQUETTE (Communist party cover-name).

Was recruited by the end of May 1940 from the ranks of the French Communist Party by Henri Robinson to serve as a link with French Communist Party sources and to provide a safe house for the accommodation of a WT transmitter. Associate of Maurice Aenis-Heanslin.

Her arrest in the beginning of 1943 by the Gestapo followed that of Henri Robinson by means of a supervised rendezvous.

Personal particulars.

Nationality: French.

Date of birth: Circa 1912.

Description: Height circa 5' 8"-9" emaciated appearance; dark hair; dark eyes; pointed nose; full lips; pale complexion; gold filled teeth in upper jaw. Noticeably large feet,

History.

Was in the USSR in 1932.

Had worked for the French Communist Party for some years before the war.

Source: KV3/351.