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
Ministry of Defence: Chiefs of Staff Committee: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: DEFE 11
What's it about?
DEFE 11
This series contains registered files of the Chiefs of Staff's Secretariat. Files deal with defence matters, at home and abroad, including general policy, dealings with international organizations such as NATO and ANZAM and the situation in...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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DEFE 11
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Defence: Chiefs of Staff Committee: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1946-1998
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the Chiefs of Staff's Secretariat. Files deal with defence matters, at home and abroad, including general policy, dealings with international organizations such as NATO and ANZAM and the situation in individual countries or overseas possessions such as Hong Kong, Malaya, Aden, Gibraltar, Cyprus and Korea.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Original numerical sequence of creating body has been partially followed
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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)
- Ministry of Defence, 1947-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1070 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1983 Ministry of Defence
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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)
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Series is accruing.
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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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The Secretariat was established in 1964 within the new Ministry of Defence to take over the work of the Military Secretariat of the War Cabinet.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5769/
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Ministry of Defence: Chiefs of Staff Committee: Registered Files
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