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Recovery of British official documents by raids on ARCOS Ltd, May 1927. The file...
Catalogue reference: KV 3/15
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This record is about the Recovery of British official documents by raids on ARCOS Ltd, May 1927. The file... dating from 1927 Mar 31-1928 Nov 19 in the series The Security Service: Subject (SF series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 3/15
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1927 Mar 31-1928 Nov 19
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Description (What the record is about)
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Recovery of British official documents by raids on ARCOS Ltd, May 1927. The file contains a contemporary account of the circumstances of the police raid on ARCOS, the Soviet trade delegation, in 1927. Its contents include a photocopy of a British armed services manual, the possession of which gave rise to the raid. Also included is a copy of the government white paper on the affair (Cmd 2874, 1927) published later that year.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Photocopy of a microfilm
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- SF450-0302-2 VOL 1
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- file(s)
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- Retained Until 2002
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- Open Document, Open Description
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KV 3
The Security Service: Subject (SF series) Files
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