Highlights of Freedom of Information releases in July 2005

Date	Title of release
19 July	George Orwell under the watchful eye of Big Brother - 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.
10 July	Letters from the Acid bath murderer - On 10 August 1949 John George Haigh, The Acid Bath murderer, was hanged for killing 6 women between 1944-49.
01 July	A selection of files recently released at The National Archives - Newly released files include the methods used for the detection of biological warfare agents, the events leading up to the flotation of sterling and details of military string vest tests.