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Olga Gray and the Woolwich Arsenal Spy Ring
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Catalogue reference: FO 146/79
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FO 146/79
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1826 Jan.-Apr.
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Description (What the record is about)
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From Foreign Office
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
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- Europe and Russia
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FO 146
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