Soviet Intelligence Agents and suspected agents
Cedric Henning Belfrage Catalogue reference: KV 2/4004–4012 (KV 2/4004 (PDF, 24 MB) has been digitised) Date range: 24 June 1936–25 November 1963 Cedric Belfrage was a left-wing British journalist who...
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Soviet Intelligence Officers
Boris Izakov, a UK correspondent for the Soviet newspaper Pravda (catalogue reference: KV 2/4003) Boris Romanovitch Izakov Catalogue reference: KV 2/4001–4003 Date range: 31 May 1932–14 May 1963 Izakov...
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Communists and suspected communists, including Russian and communist...
Photograph of George Ives, who worked as a chauffeur for various Eastern European embassies, taken in 1929 (catalogue reference: KV 2/4024) George Ives Aliases Ines, Eyan, Smith, Brown Catalogue...
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List files
A police photograph of Geoffrey Wladislas Vaile Potocki de Montalk (catalogue reference: KV 6/129) Geoffrey Wladislas Vaile Potocki de Montalk Catalogue reference: KV 6/129–133 Date range: 21 October...
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Second World War prisoner of war records now online
Photos of some of the prisoners of war from the Great Escape (catalogue reference: WO 311/174) One million records of servicemen, servicewomen and civilians who were taken captive during the Second...
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Seeking new delegates for the User Advisory Group
Montage of documents from The National Archives Would you like to represent the views of archive users and help to improve The National Archives’ services? If you are a regular archive user then we...
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Award winning week for The National Archives
Actor onstage during Magna Carta Day Our education visits and an online transcription project with the National Maritime Museum have both won awards this week. Learning outside the classroom We have...
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Find out about the chimp who went to war
Josephine the expedition chimp breakfasting with an officer Discover the extraordinary story of eccentric First World War Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson at a free, creative event for families at The...
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Machinery of Government change: The National Archives moves to DCMS
The National Archives’ entrance Today it has been announced in Parliament that The National Archives' sponsoring department has changed from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to the Department for Culture,...
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Battle of Loos 'behind the scenes' revealed
Carrier pigeons on active service with the French Army using a converted bus (catalogue reference: ZPER 34/147 f425) Over 350 Army Headquarters war diaries have been published online by The National...
View ArticleSafeguarding the cultural heritage of British artists
Art360, a new project to safeguard Britain's cultural heritage by digitising the archives of 100 leading modern and contemporary British artists, has been awarded £250,000 by Arts Council England. Over...
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The National Archives launches Archives Inspire at DCDC
Archives Inspire 2015-19, The National Archives' new four-year strategy, was officially launched by its chief executive and keeper, Jeff James, at the Discovering Collections Discovering Communities...
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Disruption to our website on Monday 26 October
Men at work, 1965 (catalogue reference: COAL 80/1132) Our website, including our catalogue Discovery, will be unavailable on Monday 26 October between 08:00 and 12:00 while we carry out essential...
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Subject of Security Service enquiry
Robert John Graham Boothby MP alias Lord Boothby Catalogue reference: KV 2/4095 Date range: 18 December 1928–2 May 1941 This file has been digitised. Handwritten note to Boothby pointing out his loud...
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Cabinet Office files
Report of Cadogan Committee of Enquiry and consequences of the Burgess and Maclean affair Catalogue reference: CAB 301/120 Date range: 21 June 1951–1 July 1952 This file has been digitised. On 21 June...
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File release: Cold War Cambridge spies Burgess and Maclean
Today we are releasing over 400 files from the Security Service (MI5), Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Cabinet Office which focus on Cold War investigations that revealed Guy Burgess and Donald...
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Investigation into the leak of Foreign Office telegrams from the British Embassy, Washington, DC to the Russians, March 1945 Catalogue reference: FCO 158/1–2 Date range: 1 January 1949-31 December 1949...
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Leakage of Top Secret Foreign Office Telegrams in the USA: Evidence and Investigation Catalogue reference: KV 6/140–145 Covering dates: 27 January 1949–6 February 1956 Files KV 6/141, KV 6/142 and KV...
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Soviet Intelligence Agents and suspected agents
Guy Burgess aliases Roger Styles, Jim Andreyevich Eliot Catalogue reference: KV 2/4102 Date range: 4 June 1951–12 June 1951 This file has been digitised. Among documents written by Philby in this file...
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Communist Activities in Universities & Colleges Cambridge University; Socialist Club; Minute Book 1928-1935, aliases CUSS, Labour Club Catalogue reference: KV 3/442 Date range: 1 January 1928–01...
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