URSULA BEURTON.
Ursula Beurton, formerly Hambuger, nee Kuczynski, alias SONIA.
With husband Rudolph Hamburger on R.I.S. mission in Shanghai between 1930-1935.
Conducted successful R.I.S. mission in Poland between 1936-1938.
Took up in 1938, in Switzerland, assignment against Germany; believed to be entirely independent of Poliakova's activities.
Visited the UK in the beginning of October 1938 to seek, through British Communist Party a recruit for Germany.
First meeting with Foote by the end of October 1938, in Geneva. Sent him to Munich.
Was visited by a second recruit Beurton in the Spring of 1939, in Switzerland. Sent him to Frankfurt am Main.
Conducted bi-monthly WT transmissions between 1938 and 1939 with Moscow; occasionally dispatched industrial intelligence . Received visits from Foote and Leon Beurton.
In the summer of 1939 Obermans was sent from Moscow to reinforce her group.
Instructed Foote and Beurton in August 1939 to leave Germany and join her in Montreux.
Was instructed to cease work against Germany in September 1939.
In December 1939 Obermans was arrested.
Visited in March 1940, with Radó by agent from Belgium almost certainly Gurevich.
Was instructed in May 1940 to move with Foote als Beurton to Romania. Prevented by Italy's entry into war in June.
In circa May 1940 sent Olga Muth with money to Ernst Thälmann's wife in Hamburg.
Conducted twice-weekly transmissions between June or July 1940 of Radó's material to Moscow.
Attempted betrayal of Ursula and Leon Beurton by Olga Muth in the summer of 1940 to the British Consulate regarded by Moscow as compromising. Ursula ordered to leave for the UK.
Addresses.
Between November 1937 and April 1938: Zakopane 3, Bystry, Poland.
Between September 1938 and Spring 1940: Chalet "La Tampiniere" Caux sur Montreux.
From Spring 1940 - December 1940: Rue de Lausanne 129, Geneva.
In 1948: The Firs, Gt Rollright, Chipping Norton, Oxon.
Personal particulars.
Nationality: British, of German origin.
Date of birth: 15-05-1907 in Friedenau, Berlin.
Documents: German passport No. 172 issued in shanghai on 15-05-1935.
Description: Height 5' 9" Black hair, dark eyes, large mouth with thick lips. Untidy.
Relatives: Daughter of Rene Robert Kuczynski. Sister of Brigitte Long. Married to Leon Beurton.
Divorced from Rudolph Hamburger, German architect, long-standing Soviet agent, now captive in Russia.
History.
Prior to marriage to Hamburger before 1930, worked for Ullstein Press in Berlin.
Was between 1930 and 1935 with husband Rudolph Hamburger in Shanghai.
Went to Warsaw in January 1936.
Was living with Rudolph Hamurger in Bystry, Poland between November 1937 and April 1938.
Went to Moscow in the Spring of 1938.
Went to the UK early October 1938.
Went by mid-October 1938 to Montreux.
Reported that Husband Rudolph Hamburger did leave Switzerland for China between November 1938 and Summer 1939.
Sought divorce from Rudolph Hamburger in October 1939.
Obtained decree nisi on 26-10-1939.
Married Leon Beurton on 26-10-1940 in Montreux.
Allegedly received 2400 Swiss Francs from Hamburger in Shanghai in the Spring of 1940.
Left Geneva for Lisbon with her two children in December 1940.
Entered the UK on 04-02-1941.
Still resident in the UK in May 1948. was active in a local Communist Party.
Left Northolt for Prague on a two weeks holiday on 18-01-1949.
With husband Rudolph Hamburger on R.I.S. mission in Shanghai between 1930-1935.
Conducted successful R.I.S. mission in Poland between 1936-1938.
Took up in 1938, in Switzerland, assignment against Germany; believed to be entirely independent of Poliakova's activities.
Visited the UK in the beginning of October 1938 to seek, through British Communist Party a recruit for Germany.
First meeting with Foote by the end of October 1938, in Geneva. Sent him to Munich.
Was visited by a second recruit Beurton in the Spring of 1939, in Switzerland. Sent him to Frankfurt am Main.
Conducted bi-monthly WT transmissions between 1938 and 1939 with Moscow; occasionally dispatched industrial intelligence . Received visits from Foote and Leon Beurton.
In the summer of 1939 Obermans was sent from Moscow to reinforce her group.
Instructed Foote and Beurton in August 1939 to leave Germany and join her in Montreux.
Was instructed to cease work against Germany in September 1939.
In December 1939 Obermans was arrested.
Visited in March 1940, with Radó by agent from Belgium almost certainly Gurevich.
Was instructed in May 1940 to move with Foote als Beurton to Romania. Prevented by Italy's entry into war in June.
In circa May 1940 sent Olga Muth with money to Ernst Thälmann's wife in Hamburg.
Conducted twice-weekly transmissions between June or July 1940 of Radó's material to Moscow.
Attempted betrayal of Ursula and Leon Beurton by Olga Muth in the summer of 1940 to the British Consulate regarded by Moscow as compromising. Ursula ordered to leave for the UK.
Addresses.
Between November 1937 and April 1938: Zakopane 3, Bystry, Poland.
Between September 1938 and Spring 1940: Chalet "La Tampiniere" Caux sur Montreux.
From Spring 1940 - December 1940: Rue de Lausanne 129, Geneva.
In 1948: The Firs, Gt Rollright, Chipping Norton, Oxon.
Personal particulars.
Nationality: British, of German origin.
Date of birth: 15-05-1907 in Friedenau, Berlin.
Documents: German passport No. 172 issued in shanghai on 15-05-1935.
Description: Height 5' 9" Black hair, dark eyes, large mouth with thick lips. Untidy.
Relatives: Daughter of Rene Robert Kuczynski. Sister of Brigitte Long. Married to Leon Beurton.
Divorced from Rudolph Hamburger, German architect, long-standing Soviet agent, now captive in Russia.
History.
Prior to marriage to Hamburger before 1930, worked for Ullstein Press in Berlin.
Was between 1930 and 1935 with husband Rudolph Hamburger in Shanghai.
Went to Warsaw in January 1936.
Was living with Rudolph Hamurger in Bystry, Poland between November 1937 and April 1938.
Went to Moscow in the Spring of 1938.
Went to the UK early October 1938.
Went by mid-October 1938 to Montreux.
Reported that Husband Rudolph Hamburger did leave Switzerland for China between November 1938 and Summer 1939.
Sought divorce from Rudolph Hamburger in October 1939.
Obtained decree nisi on 26-10-1939.
Married Leon Beurton on 26-10-1940 in Montreux.
Allegedly received 2400 Swiss Francs from Hamburger in Shanghai in the Spring of 1940.
Left Geneva for Lisbon with her two children in December 1940.
Entered the UK on 04-02-1941.
Still resident in the UK in May 1948. was active in a local Communist Party.
Left Northolt for Prague on a two weeks holiday on 18-01-1949.