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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
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Intelligence (J) Reports
Catalogue reference: ES 8
What's it about?
ES 8
This series consists of reports analysing data derived from nuclear tests conducted by foreign powers.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ES 8
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Title (The name of the record)
- Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Intelligence (J) Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1955-1959
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of reports analysing data derived from nuclear tests conducted by foreign powers.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The Intelligence (J) report series began in 1955, reports were produced infrequently until 1959 when the series was discontinued. Reports produced after 1959 were referenced either by division or by a SEFT (Scientific Evaluation of Foreign Test) reference number.
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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)
- J report series
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 7 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2000 Atomic Weapons Establishment
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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1954-1959
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- All J reports have been preserved.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14918/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: ES
Records of the Atomic Weapons Establishment, predecessors and successors
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