Foreign Compensation Commission

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Foreign Compensation Commission

1948-1992

This series contains records of the Foreign Compensation Commission. The majority of the records consist of case files. Also included are: (i) translations of Laws and Decrees of the various foreign governments with which compensation agreements were made; (ii) copies of H.M. Government Acts, Orders and Rulings under which the Commission was to proceed; (iii) administrative files dealing with general issues, (iv) registers of applicants and payment record books, Although the files in this series are dated from the date of the individual Order, most files contain earlier papers relating to registration or documents submitted in support of the individual claim (occasionally including papers originally submitted to the Administration of Enemy Property Department).

741 files and volumes

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 11676144

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Charlet, Valentine Blanche, 1898-1985

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Valentine Blanche Charlet (May 23, 1898–October 11, 1985), code named Christiane, served in France as an agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. She was imprisoned and proved adept at portraying herself as a vacuous woman ignorant of politics, concocting elaborate stories about lovers and fainting when under pressure from her interrogators. In November 1942, she was sentenced to incarceration in Castres prison in southern France. The pri...