Recent releases at The National Archives
September 2006
Recent releases at The National Archives
This latest release of files from the Security Service covers a variety of subjects including: Sylvia Townsend-Warner (and her partner Valentine Ackland) who raised suspicion through their interest in Communism (KV 2/2337 - 2338), renowned strategist on tank-warfare Basil Liddell-Hart whose ideas were used by German commanders during the Second World War (KV 2/2410 - 2411), Polish leader General Sikorski (KV 3/274 - 276) and some of the plain language codes used by German and other enemy agents, including the Westerlinck or 'eins, eins, eins' code (KV 2/2424).
Security service release
Communists, suspected Communists and Communist organisations
Subject of Security Service enquiries
The following files can be found on Discovery:
Lady Howard of Effingham (Part one: KV 2/2387) Go to Discovery to view images
Lady Howard of Effingham (Part two: KV 2/2388) Go to Discovery to view images
Second World War German plain language codes (KV 2/2424) Go to Discovery to view images
Sylvia Townsend-Warner (and Valentine Ackland) (Part one:KV 2/2337) Go to Discovery to view images
Sylvia Townsend-Warner (and Valentine Ackland) (Part two: KV 2/2338) Go to Discovery to view images
The Royal Patriotic Schools - complete case preserved as an example (KV 4/344) Go to Discovery to view images
Branimar Jelic (Part one: KV 2/2307) Go to Discovery to view images
Branimar Jelic (Part two: KV 2/2308) Go to Discovery to view images
JOSEF, alias RHUBARB - file containing papers relating to the involvement of novelist Graham Greene in this case (KV 2/2272) Go to Discovery to view images
