Security Service file release April 2011
Professor Christopher Andrew introduces the 26th Security Service records release, which contains 180 files, bringing the total number of Security Service records at The National Archives to more than...
View ArticleA system of spies and informers: intelligence gathering in the period 1780-1830
The years 1780 to 1830 were a tumultuous time in British history with parliamentary reform societies, food riots, Luddite disturbances, Captain Swing and Cato Street. Using the records of the Home...
View ArticleSpecial Operations Executive (SOE) service – some alternative sources
Have you been unsuccessful in searching for a personal file for someone in SOE or perhaps you found a file containing little detail? There may be alternative or supplementary sources. This talk...
View ArticleWar and Peace conference: Closing remarks: the First World War and intelligence
Closing remarks by Gill Bennett, former Chief Historian, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1995-2005. This talk was recorded live at the one-day conference, War and peace – diplomacy, espionage and the...
View ArticleThe legacy of secrecy: Experiences from the Stasi Records Archive
The East German Stasi had the reputation of being one of the most effective and repressive intelligence and secret police agencies ever to have existed, as they forced their methods for collecting...
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