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Olga Gray and the Woolwich Arsenal Spy Ring
In 1938, thanks to years of work by a remarkable female agent, MI5 ensured a package of British defence plans stayed secret.
Series
HM Treasury: Overseas Finance Sector, European Community Group, European Community...
Catalogue reference: T 595
What's it about?
T 595
The records comprise of policy work regarding EC monetary and economic policy issues; policy analysis of European countries (economic, financial and political reporting, and their relationships with Europe). They also include operational work...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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T 595
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Title (The name of the record)
- HM Treasury: Overseas Finance Sector, European Community Group, European Community Division 1: Registered Files, MFMEQ prefix (Monetary Financial and Miscellaneous European Questions)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1992-2002
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records comprise of policy work regarding EC monetary and economic policy issues; policy analysis of European countries (economic, financial and political reporting, and their relationships with Europe). They also include operational work regarding the co-ordination of briefing for meetings of EC Economics and Finance Ministers (ECOFIN) and other European committees and working groups.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged chronologically and in file reference order.
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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)
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MFMEQ file prefix
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Treasury, 1667-1667
- Treasury, Finance and Overseas Co-ordination Division, 1954-1966
- Treasury, Overseas Finance Sector, 1975-1995
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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343 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2019 Treasury
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The records were held by HM Treasury at 1 Horse Guards Road, SW1 until 1999. Thereafter, the records were held by a third party contractor
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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The series opened on 13 April 1992 and closed in 1998.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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The series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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RCP section 3.1.1 - the government's management of the UK economy
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The records were created by the European Community Division under the European Community Group and there under the Overseas Finance (Sector) from 1992. In 1995 it changed to the European Co-ordination / European Future Strategy Fiscal Policy Group situated under the International Finance Directorate Sector. In 1996 it became the European Future Strategy Group, under the International Finance Directorate Sector as before. After 1998 the business transferred to EUCS European Union Co-ordination Strategy.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14731484/
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HM Treasury: Overseas Finance Sector, European Community Group, European Community Division 1: Registered Files, MFMEQ prefix (Monetary Financial and Miscellaneous European Questions)
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