Focus on
The corsair state of Rabat-Salé
On the Atlantic coast of Morocco are two cities that became one of the most substantial Islamic ports of the 17th Century.
Series
The Security Service: Subject (SF series) Files
Catalogue reference: KV 3
What's it about?
KV 3
The early part of this series comprises the only two subject files known to have survived from the First World War period . Later files in the series relate to other subjects tackled by the Security Service, including the recovery of British...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- KV 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- The Security Service: Subject (SF series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1905-1978
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Description (What the record is about)
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The early part of this series comprises the only two subject files known to have survived from the First World War period . Later files in the series relate to other subjects tackled by the Security Service, including the recovery of British official documents recovered by raids on ARCOS Ltd, and documents seized in police raids on Communist Party Headquarters in 1925, the German secret services during the Second World War and the activities of British fascist groups and sympathisers. There are also some files relating to various Jewish and Zionist groups during the Second World War and in the last years of the Palestine mandate. Further files deal with the activities of the international communist movement and organisation of the Soviet Intelligence network.
SD in the list stands for Sicherheitsdienst (the German Security Service) and RSHA for Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Main Office).
Please Note: digital images of selected files from this series are available to download.
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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)
- SF file 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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Security Service, 1931-1931
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 450 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1997 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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- In 1998 the Home Secretary invited the Advisory Council on Public Records to consider the criteria for selection of Security Service records for permanent preservation. The council recommended the permanent preservation of all subject files (other than those of an ephemeral nature) and of all registers and other means of reference to them
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15010/
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The Security Service: Subject (SF series) Files
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