The story of
Shapurji Saklatvala
One of the first MPs of Indian heritage, Shapurji Saklatvala (1874–1936) was an agitator for change, which led to his surveillance by the Security Service.
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HM Treasury and Civil Service Department: Establishments and Manning: Security Vetting...
Catalogue reference: BA 28
What's it about?
BA 28
This series contains security vetting appeals files. It consists of files on the administration of the Three Advisers panels, established to decide whether civil servants found to be associated with the Communist Party should be moved away from...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BA 28
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Title (The name of the record)
- HM Treasury and Civil Service Department: Establishments and Manning: Security Vetting Appeals Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1948-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains security vetting appeals files. It consists of files on the administration of the Three Advisers panels, established to decide whether civil servants found to be associated with the Communist Party should be moved away from contact with work vital to the security of the state. The series contains files on cases submitted to them.
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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)
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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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- Civil Service Department, Management (Personnel) Branch 5, 1968-1972
- Civil Service Department, Personnel Management Group, 1973-1981
- Treasury, Establishment Department, 1919-1962
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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11 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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 2004 Cabinet Office
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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
- Communism
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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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The procedure covered in these files falls within the scope of Acquisition Policy criterion 2.2.1.4, the maintenance of security. All surviving case files will be selected for permanent preservation.
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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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On March 15 1948 Prime Minister Atlee announced in the House of Commons that no-one who was known to be a member of the Communist Party or to be associated with it in such a way as to raise legitimate doubts about his or her reliability was to be employed in connection with work the nature of which was vital to the security of the state.
The cases of civil servants (and subsequently civil service unions officials) who came to notice as within the ambit of the prime minister's statement were submitted to the respective departmental ministers and if the minister concerned certified that a prima facie case of communist association had been made the civil servant was offered the opportunity to proffer the names of character referees and to make representations in the matter to a panel of three advisers. The panel's report was then submitted to the departmental minister, who made the decision whether the person concerned was to be moved away from contact with work vital to the security of the state.
The procedure was set out in Treasury Establishments Circular No 21/52, and re-issued in Circular No 9/57.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15805/
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