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Reference
(The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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KV 2
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Title
(The name of the record)
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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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Date
(When the record was created)
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1913-1983
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Description
(What the record is about)
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This series contains selected files from the First and Second World War periods and the inter-war years on suspected spies and double agents, renegades and suspected renegades (including P G Wodehouse), German intelligence (Abwehr) officers, Japanese intelligence agents, communist sympathisers and Soviet agents, and other groups in which the Security Service took an interest (including pacifist and anti-conscription groups).
Not every case listed resulted in a finding of guilt.
Please note: digital images of selected files from this series are available to download.
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Note
(Additional information about the record)
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The descriptions for this series are provided by the transferring body when the records are transferred to TNA. They include short biographical background to the individuals in question, which may cover events or incidents not covered in that particular file.
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Arrangement
(Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The files are arranged in former reference order, under subseries and subsubseries within each transfer.
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Separated material
(A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Information on the outcome of trials is not held by The National Archives.
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Held by
(Who holds the record)
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The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference
(Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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PF file series
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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, French and German
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Creator(s)
(The creator of the record)
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Security Service, 1931-1931
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Physical description
(The amount and form of the record)
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4754 file(s)
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Restrictions on use
(Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
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KV 2/1-59 to be seen under special supervision.
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Access conditions
(Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition
(When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1999 Security Service
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Physical condition
(Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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Some pieces are reconstituted files of copies from microfiche of destroyed paper files. The microfiche continue to be retained by the Security Service.
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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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- Topics
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Conscientious objection
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Conflict
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Communism
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Operations, battles and campaigns
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Accruals
(Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information
(Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Between 1909 and the early 1970s many files were destroyed. In the late 1960s when destruction caused operational difficulties, the policy was changed to retain all records. To save space, older files were microfilmed and the originals destroyed. In the early 1990s, after Communism's collapse and the decline in threats from subversion, the review and destruction process was re-instated. In 1998 the Advisory Council on Public Records recommended changes to the Service's criteria for selection of records for permanent preservation; and in particular that a detailed operational selection policy should be developed within the PRO's acquisition policy programme (published as OSP 8 in 2001).
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Record URL
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14997/
