Focus on
Forgotten front: Britain, Bolshevism, and Chinese auxiliaries in northern Russia
At the end of the First World War, the British Army enlisted the service of Chinese labourers working in the Arctic.
Series
War Office: Military Intelligence Papers (Special Series) First World War
Catalogue reference: WO 160
What's it about?
WO 160
This series consists of documents relating to intelligence activity in Europe, Russia and the Middle East, which were extracted from files in WO 106, WO 157 and WO 158
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 160
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Military Intelligence Papers (Special Series) First World War
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1916-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of documents relating to intelligence activity in Europe, Russia and the Middle East, which were extracted from files in WO 106, WO 157 and WO 158
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- War Office, Directorate of Military Intelligence, 1915-1922
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 24 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14367/
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