How to be a spy
March 2005
Recent releases at The National Archives
How to be a spy
Secret tips for Russian spies coming to London in the 1930's is contained in the file KV 2 /137. The information, seized by the Germans from a Russian agent captured in Paris during the Second World War, offers such advice as avoiding clandestine rendezvous in central London, always carry smart luggage when checking into hotels and make sure your AA membership is up to date.
See the documentsSecurity Service material
Figures from the African nationalist and independence movements
German Intelligence Agents and Suspected Agents
Soviet Intelligence Agents and Suspected Agents
Communists and suspected Communists
Stories with possible local or international interest
Arthur Ransome (KV 2/1903-1904)
(Archibald) Fenner Brockway MP, later Lord Brockway (KV 2/1917-1921)
Jurgen Kuczyinski (KV 2/1871-1880)
