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Famous names in latest Security Service release
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New releases from the Security Service, available now to download, feature fascinating files on Hitler’s deputy, Martin Bormann, actor and director Sam Wanamaker and other high-profile figures from the Second World War and post-war period.
New government files released
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The National Archives had released new files; subjects range from biological warfare to the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. The Cabinet Secretary’s notebook for the period from November 1957 to December 1958 has also been released.
Alien seduction or a bad chat-up line - official UFO files released
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From a boomerang-shaped UFO seen from Heathrow to close encounters in Norwich, the latest release of files at The National Archives sheds further light on the mystery of UFOs. This third instalment of UFO files transferred by the Ministry of Defence covers 1987 to 1993. Files are available to download for free for a month from nationalarchives.gov.uk/ufos.
Highlights of Security Service files released at The National Archives
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The latest Security Service release covers subjects from the Second World War period and beyond, including personal files on Romanian defector Alexandru Ionescu, celebrity photographer Lee Miller, actress Mai Zetterling, right-wing extremist Ralph Dawson and Portuguese secret agent Gastao de Freitas Ferraz.
1978 revealed - new files
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The National Archives has released over 5,000 government records from 1978, including documents shining new light on James Callaghan's Cabinet in the run-up to the "Winter of discontent".
UFO sightings, 1986 - 1992
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These files contain reported sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) between 1986 and 1992. Highlights include the near collision of a passenger jet and UFO in Kent and the pilots of a US Air Force jet being ordered to shoot down a UFO over East Anglia.
Cabinet Secretaries’ notebooks released
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The notebooks of Sir Norman Brook, Cabinet Secretary from 1947, have now been released, detailing key issues such as the reform of the House of Lords (1956) and the Suez Canal crisis.
Wartime broadcasting service file released
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This file contains documents detailing discussions between the BBC and various government departments on the use of a pre-recorded announcement in the case of a nuclear attack.
Files released in October 2008
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A selection of files released in October 2008.
New Security Service file releases
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Over 150 Security Service files dating from around the time of the Second World War have been opened.
Phone tapping in the Second World War
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This file contains extracts of 'indiscreet conversations' by members of large firms and public utility companies during the Second World War.
Meeting between Kennedy and Khrushchev in 1961
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This file contains correspondence between the Prime Minister's office and the British ambassador in Washington about holding any such meeting during a presidential visit to London and Paris.
Files released in August 2008
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A selection of files released in August 2008.
Cabinet Secretaries' notebook (CAB 195/14)
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The minutes taken at Cabinet meetings in 1955 and 1956 include the debate on Capital Punishment.
MoD Deception Operations
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This file outlines the findings of the UK´s Defence Deception Advisory Group's trip to the United States in April 1970.
Arming of WRAF personnel
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In the wake of the passing of the Sex Discrimination Act in 1975, the British Armed Forces were made to reconsider their position on arming their female staff.
Files released in May 2008
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A selection of files released in May 2008.
Files released in April 2008
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A selection of files released in April 2008.
Gordon Perry: suspected of working for the Nazis
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The file contains two statements in his defence, one from himself and one from his German fiancée, Gisela Olbrich. Perry contends that while on holiday in Hungary, he was trapped there by the outbreak of the war.
Pearl Cornioley: the real life Charlotte Gray
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This fascinating file records the brilliant exploits of female Special Operations Executive agent Pearl Cornioley, who was parachuted into France in 1943 with instructions to act as a courier of coded messages.
New releases from the Security Service
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This is the seventh release of Security Service files since the full implementation of the Freedom of Information Act in January 2005.
Louis de Wohl
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Personal file of Louis de Wohl, who was hired by Special Operations Executive to make astrological predictions. His work was based on the assumption that Hitler never took a major decision without consulting the stars and by employing their own astrologer the British hoped to influence his thinking.
Cabinet Secretaries' Notebook: end of the Churchill era
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The minutes taken at Cabinet meetings in 1954 and 1955 include the resignation of Winston Churchill
Highlights from recently release files in February
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A selection of files recently released at The National Archives under the Freedom of Information Act
Anti-communist propaganda in Africa
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Contains plans to counter the Communist threat in 1950s West Africa
UK and Antarctica
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Includes discussions about the UK's continuing prescence in Antarctica and the evolving role of the superpowers on Earth's coldest continent
Newly released files from 1977
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Highlights of new Freedom of Information releases in December 2007
Cabinet minutes and memoranda from 1977
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As part of the transfer of files from 1977 on Friday 28 December 2007, the Cabinet minutes (CAB 128/61-62) and memoranda (CAB 129/194-198) from that year have been released.
Cabinet Secretaries' Notebooks
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Contains minutes of the meetings
Highlights from recently released files in November
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A selection of files recently released at The National Archives under the Freedom of Information Act
Rudolph Hess in Spandau prison
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Contains minutes of the meetings of the Spandau Prison governors, in addition to correspondence with legal advisers for each of the Four-Power Authorities (UK, USA, France and the Soviet Union).
Highlights from recently released files in September
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A selection of files recently released at The National Archives under the Freedom of Information Act
George Orwell, suspected communist
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This slim Security Service file on journalist and author Eric Blair, alias George Orwell, shows that while his left-wing views attracted the Service's attention, no action was taken against him. It is clear, however, that he continued to arouse suspicions, particularly with the police, that he might be a Communist.
Latest files from the Security Service
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This is the sixth release of Security Service records since the full implementation of the Freedom of Information Act in January 2005.
1948 discussions between the US and UK about Kashmir
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This file contains correspondence from 1948 between the UK and US governments and the newly formed United Nations. It includes a personal memo from the Prime Minister Clement Attlee.
Latest release of Cabinet Secretaries' Notebooks
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Two files of notes written by the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Norman Brook, covering the period from October 1951 to February 1954. Key topics at Cabinet meetings included arms to Egypt, human rights, the Coronation and sugar for jam making.
List of files released on 5 August
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A selection of files recently released at The National Archives under the Freedom of Information Act.
Theft of Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey
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On Christmas morning 1950, the Stone of Scone was stolen from Westminster Abbey and taken over the border on Hogmanay. The file looks at the investigation around the theft, and contains transcripts of witness statements as well as a complete summary of the events surrounding the theft.
Lady Chatterley's lover
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In 1960, Penguin Books published an unexpurgated version of D H Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley´s Lover. This file looks at correspondence between government officials with the Attorney General, Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller, following the prosecution of Penguin Books under the Obscene Publications Act.
List of recently released files on 29 June
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A selection of files recently released at The National Archives under the Freedom of Information Act.
1976 hijacking at Entebbe Airport
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These two files relate to the hijacking by representatives of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine of Air France flight 139, en route from Tel Aviv to Paris.
List of recently released files on 01 June
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A selection of files recently released at The National Archives under the Freedom of Information Act.
Warren Emslie, the bogus knight
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This file relates to the case of Mr Warren Emslie whose fantasy title was the first recorded case of a bogus knighthood in recent times.
List of recently released files in May
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A selection of files recently released at The National Archives under the Freedom of Information Act in May 2007
Cold War spies Burgess and Maclean
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This file looks at issues arising during Dr Fuchs' imprisonment, including the possibility of extraditing Fuchs to the USA once he has finished his sentence in the UK, and allegations that some of his documents were smuggled out of Pentonville prison
Mistreatment of pigs by Oswald Mosley
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This file relates to a case brought against Sir Oswald Mosley which was eventually dismissed. Mosley wrote to the Lord Chancellor on 10 December 1945 to ask that the magistrate who heard the case should retract what he considered to be unjustified observations made in open court after the case against him was dismissed.
List of recently released files
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Highlights of new Freedom of Information releases in April 2007
Latest release of files from the Security Service (MI5) files
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Highlights of new Freedom of Information releases in March 2007
Alan Nunn May and his wife Hildegarde
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These 20 files (19 reconstituted and one original) record in detail the case of British atom spy Alan Nunn May, whose espionage activities for the Soviets were first drawn to the attention of the British authorities when the Russian diplomat Gouzenko identified him to the Canadian police as the Soviet agent ALEX
Writers W H Auden, Christopher Isherwood
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The Security Service file on poet W H Auden and his wife, Erika Mann-Auden (daughter of the German novelist Thomas Mann) starts in 1934. It initially consists principally of copies of intercepts of correspondence of third parties under Service surveillance
German opponent of the Nazi regime Count von Moltke
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From these reconstituted files, it emerges that the leading German, Anglophile, anti-Nazi conspirator, Count von Moltke first came to Security Service attention when he applied for permission to practise as a lawyer in the UK before the Second World War.
Latest release of Cabinet Secretary Notebook
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The National Archives releases CAB 195/9/1, the latest Cabinet Secretary Notebook to be made available to the public
Cabinet Secrets of 1976
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Cabinet Secrets of 1976 - Newly released files on Harold Wilson's resignation, the state of the economy and other events.
Files relating to the Suez Crisis
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This release consists of records from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Cabinet Office, Her Majesty´s Treasury and the Inland Revenue relating to the 1956 Suez Crisis. The main story that emerges from these files is Whitehall´s concern to gather up, safeguard and release papers on Suez.
A selection of files recently released at The National Archives
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A selection of files recently released at The National Archives in December 2006.
Commander 'Buster' Crabb
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File relating to Buster Crabb, including a letter from a clairvoyant and discussions around evidence to be submitted at the inquest, in particular that of the person who assisted him in his dive when he went missing - the last person to see him alive.
A selection of files recently released at The National Archives
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A selection of files recently released at The National Archives in October2006.
The Cabinet Secretaries' Notebooks (CAB 195/7)
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This Notebook covers the meetings from 12 January 1949 to 27 April 1950 of Clement Attlee's Cabinet. It covers a range of topics including the National Health Service, the Blood Sports Bill, German reparations, the use of the National Health Service by aliens and the 1950 General Election.
Sidney John Pilling, prominent member of British Union of Fascists
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Pilling was held under Defence Regulation 18B as a supporter of a government that His Majesty's Government was at war with. Investigations revealed that he had made frequent visits to and was in correspondence with people in Germany.
Suffragettes picketing outside the Houses of Parliament
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File looking at picketing by the suffragette movement around the entrance of the Houses of Parliament and the threats made towards Herbert Asquith the Prime Minister.
Francis Cammaerts, hero of the Resistance
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Special Operations Executive Personnel file for Francis Cammaerts, whose numerous operations in France during the Second World War made him a hero of the Resistance.
Recent releases at The National Archives
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Security Service (MI5) files on writers Sylvia Townsend-Warner and Valentine Ackland, society intelligence agent Lady Howard of Effingham, the Polish leader General Sikorski and the British military theoretician Basil Liddell-Hart
Claim to the throne by Anthony Hall, alleged descendant of Henry VIII
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This file, from 1931, relates to Anthony Hall, who claimed to be a lineal descendent of Henry VIII. The file contains transcripts of his speeches at the Birmingham Bull Ring, copies of some of the pamphlets he produced and letters from Sir Clive Wigram, Private Secretary to the King, George V.
Christopher Vassall, tried for spying
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Trial papers. Includes statements by arresting and investigating officers, and details the events which led to him becoming a Soviet spy.
Mr Albert Pierrepoint, executioner: claims misrepresentation in a Sunday Pictorial article of 15 September 1946
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The Prison Commission discusses a newspaper article about Albert Pierrepoint. The file also contains a letter from Pierrepoint complaining that members of the press are hounding him and his entourage.
Mr Thomas Pierrepoint, executioner: adverse report
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The Prison Commission expresses further concern over the capacities of Thomas Pierrepoint, who is 72 years of age.
Mr Thomas Pierrepoint, executioner: question of medical fitness
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Following a complaint from a prison governor after an execution, the Prison Commission investigates Thomas Pierrepoint's capacity to continue his duty as executioner.
The Cabinet Secretaries' Notebooks (CAB 195/5)
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A selection of transcripts from the The Cabinet Secretaries' Notebooks. The Notebooks being released are those of Sir Norman Brook who was in fact Deputy Cabinet Secretary until 1947 and thereafter became Cabinet Secretary.
The "feckless" British schoolgirls that solicited American GIs
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A selection of recent releases from The National Archives
The Cabinet Secretaries' Notebooks
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The Cabinet Secretaries' Notebooks covering CAB 195/3 and CAB 195/4. View the transcripts from the notebooks
Scheduling Diaries for Winston Churchill
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These two diaries give an interesting insight into the daily routine of the Prime Minister from 16 November 1950 to 5 April 1954. They hold detailed accounts of where Churchill was on each day, who he dined with, where and what time.
MI5 files reveal the unlikely spies in our midst
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Unveil the truth behind the German WWII spy that evaded British authorities for over a year in London's West End and tell the story of the Japanese spies that posed as Boy Scouts.
Good Time Girl and the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Labour's Home Secretary, James Chunter Ede, tried to censor the film that launched Diana Dors on her screen career. 'Good Time Girl' stared Dors as Lyla Lawrence, a misfit school girl who absconds from a reform school and get tangled up in a spiral of crime that leads to murder.
Cabinet Secretaries' Notebooks from World War Two
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The release of the Cabinet Secretaries´ Notebooks from World War Two gives a real flavour of the views and personalities of those people who attended Cabinet during this important time in world politics.
1975 records newly released include documents on John Stonehouse, EEC Referendum and Wilson's 'Little Things that Mean a Lot'
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With the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act, the standard 30-year closure period has disappeared. Instead, records are open on transfer to The National Archives unless they contain information covered by an exemption set out in the Act.
Operations AWLESS, AVER and ARTELOT: submarine patrols off Northern Ireland
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Reports on exercises carried out whilst on patrol off the coast of Northern Ireland.
Sinking of SS LUSITANIA
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Correspondence relating to a book on the sinking of the SS Lusitania. The book claimed that the Admiralty deliberately put the Lusitania at risk in order to bring the United States into the war.
Home Office fears over West End prostitutes and American troops
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Randolph Churchill, Harry St John Philby, Joe Coral and Sarah Mugabe all feature in this month's newly released files. The documents cover a range of subjects from Randolph Churchill's time with the partisans in Yugoslavia during World War Two to Sarah Mugabe's application to stay in Britain.
1974 constitutional crisis
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Harold Wilson takes advice about the situation that would arise if the Government were defeated on an amendment to the Address in reply to the Queen's speech on 18 March 1974.
Zimmerman telegram
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Copies of typescripts of two versions of the Zimmermann Telegram. They include comments in Admiral Hall's writing, reading respectively: 'Main line - not exposed' and 'Inland cable on American soil - this was the one handed to Dr Page and exposed by the President'.
The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome
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Ransome (1884-1967), the author of Swallows and Amazons, came to MI5’s attention in 1917 when, as a journalist for the Daily News in Russia, he witnessed the October Revolution at first hand and was on friendly terms with many prominent Bolshevik figures
MI5 files reveal secrets of exploding chocolate bars
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Newly released files reveal German techniques for camouflaging sabotage equipment - these include drawings and photographs of an exploding chocolate bar and a mess tin concealing bomb equipment.
Harold Pinter's objections to National Service in the 1940s
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Handwritten statements by Harold Pinter reveal how the playwright's objections to a second world war were founded on moral grounds.
Ukrainian SS 'Galicia' Division allowed settle in Britain
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Home office papers reveal how 7,100 Ukrainian men from the 14th Waffen SS 'Galicia' Division were allowed to settle in Britain in order to protect them from persecution in Stalinist controlled Ukraine.
Jagger accuses drug raid police of corruption
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Documents released this month include a Metropolitan Police file about accusations of corruption made by Mick Jagger against drug raid police and the arrest of John Winston Lennon and Yoko Ono for drug offences.
George Orwell under the watchful eye of Big Brother
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This newly released Metropolitan police file (MEPO 38/69) reveals how George Orwell, the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four, was under Special Branch surveillance for more than 12 years of his life.
Letters from the Acid bath murderer in the days leading up to his execution
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On 10 August 1949 John George Haigh, The Acid Bath murderer, was hanged for killing 6 women between 1944-1949. Haigh's motives for killing were originally cited as greed and as a means of funding his gambling habit.
Woman charged with using an instrument to procure a miscarriage
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On 18 November 1930, Beatrice Tomkins, aged 45, was charged with using an instrument with intent to procure the miscarriage of Emma "Midge" Murell, aged 25.
The National Archives launches SeaBritain 2005 activities
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The National Archives has discovered its sea legs by launching two exciting initiatives to coincide with Sea Britain 2005 – the Trafalgar Ancestors online database and a new exhibition on Nelson, Cook and Bligh at its museum in Kew
Newly released documents include details of military string vest tests
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Details about biological warfare precautions for the civilian population. Documents indicate that there were only enough respirators for one in five people in the United Kingdom.
Newly released files include reports on the Watergate conspiracy
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Newly released files include reports on the Watergate conspiracy and on Harold Wilson's concerns that the Russians were spying on him at his holiday home on the Isles of Scilly
Oswald and Diana Mosley's release from prison
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The imprisonment of Oswald Mosley, founder of the British fascist party, and his wife Diana led to a campaign for the couple's freedom.
75th anniversary of Amy Johnson's flight down under
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On the 75th anniversary of British aviator Amy Johnson’s historic solo flight from Britain to Australia, newly unveiled documents detail her frantic preparation and sometimes controversial journey down under.
Census reveals the gossip columnist from 1861
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Find out about the overzealous approach of a data collector for the 1861 national census. You can now search the 1861 census site - completing a chain of historical data from five consecutive decades, providing a valuable and accessible online starting point for delving into your family history.
The Art of War reveals feats of valour and gallantry
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Churchill, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Eric Wilson. The latter name may not be enjoy the world renown of these World War Two leaders but Britain’s oldest surviving Victoria Cross recipient Eric Wilson features alongside such historical figures in a new online exhibition entitled ‘The Art of War’.
Released for the first time: Over 100 Foreign Office documents on Britain's secret intelligence agencies
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New releases include files in the FO 1093 series from the Permanent Under-Secretary's Department of the Foreign Office and further releases on the security breach at the British Embassy in Ankara during the Second World War.
Harold Wilson, Marcia Williams and Marjorie Halls
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Claim against Civil Service Department by Marjorie Halls for premature death of her husband, Michael Halls (Principal Private Secretary to Harold Wilson), allegedly caused by stressful working conditions in 10 Downing Street.
Security Service release
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The latest Security Service (MI5) release includes files on Arthur Ransome, details on how to be a spy in London, and holiday camps to hold British Communists if war began with the Soviet Union.
Conventional threat to UK
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In this file Foreign and Commonwealth officials accuse the Ministry of Defence of predicting an "unduly horrific" threat of Soviet attack against Britain during the height of the Cold War.
Economic prospects for Concorde
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Concorde considered a "hopeless" initiative.
