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Closed extract from MEPO 2/9894/2 : 214 pages
Catalogue reference: MEPO 2/9894/11
Date: 1959-1968
Closed extract from MEPO 2/9894/2: 214 pages
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British Union of Fascists: Meeting at Olympia on 7 June 1934 and protest demonstration...
Catalogue reference: MEPO 2/10978
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This record is about the British Union of Fascists: Meeting at Olympia on 7 June 1934 and protest demonstration... dating from 1934 in the series Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MEPO 2/10978
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1934
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Description (What the record is about)
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British Union of Fascists: Meeting at Olympia on 7 June 1934 and protest demonstration by Communist Party of Great Britain reports, correspondence and press cuttings.
Includes reports from Special Branch outlining the injuries sustained by those present at Olympia, followed by descriptions by three medical doctors in attendance. There are also cuttings from the Daily Worker protesting about the broadcasting of Oswald Mosley´s speech by the BBC and a pamphlet of eyewitness accounts prepared in the aftermath of the meeting. Among those providing accounts were the authors Naomi Mitchison, Aldous Huxley and Vera Brittain.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 300/FAS/220
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed Until 2007
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10888107/
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MEPO 2
Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Correspondence and Papers
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