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New document releases in October

October 2004

Recent releases at The National Archives

This month's new releases include files on the 1926 General Strike, efforts to quell Sinn Fein activities in England during the 1920s and files detailing the murder of British POWs in Europe.

List of highlighted files

The following files contain images of original documents:

Memorandum detailing Winston Churchill's thoughts on how to deal with the miners in 1926 Home Office letter identifying large amounts of money coming from Russia in support of the strikers in 1927 Major Wilhelm Dinge accused of murdering POW Sgt Cyril Webb in Germany 1947 Funeral procession of six British POWs murdered in Trandum, Norway 1945 Forensic photo of one of the British POW victims