Focus on
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
The Security Service: Organisation (OF series) Files
Catalogue reference: KV 5
What's it about?
KV 5
This series comprises files on organisations studied by MI5 and the Security Service.
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 5
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Title (The name of the record)
- The Security Service: Organisation (OF series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1912-1963
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises files on organisations studied by MI5 and the Security Service.
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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)
- OF 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)
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- Security Service, 1931-1931
- War Office, MI5, 1916-1931
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 153 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 2002 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
- Intelligence
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Occasional further accruals can be expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Selected under the criteria contained in the PRO Operational Selection Policy OSP 8 The Security Service, and the Acquisition Policy criteria 2.2.1.3 and 2.2.1.4, documenting Security Service action to monitor suspect organisations.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15885/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
6,152 records
Within the department: KV
Records of the Security Service
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The Security Service: Organisation (OF series) Files
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