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Foreign Espionage in the United Kingdom: report and proceedings
Catalogue reference: CAB 16/8
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This record is about the Foreign Espionage in the United Kingdom: report and proceedings dating from 1909 in the series Committee of Imperial Defence, Ad Hoc Sub-Committees: Minutes, Memoranda and Reports. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CAB 16/8
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1909
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Description (What the record is about)
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Foreign Espionage in the United Kingdom: report and proceedings
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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The recommendations on a secret service bureau referred to at page iv. of this piece as existing only as one typed copy and passed to Director Military Operations for safe keeping has now been transferred to PRO as piece 232 in this class
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Intelligence
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4210933/
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CAB 16
Committee of Imperial Defence, Ad Hoc Sub-Committees: Minutes, Memoranda and Reports
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