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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.
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Foreign Office: Political and Other Departments: General Correspondence before 1906,...
Catalogue reference: FO 38
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FO 38
This series contains secret communications, originally from agents on the frontier of Holland and France, but later from agents in Northern Germany and Sweden.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 38
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Political and Other Departments: General Correspondence before 1906, British Secret Service in Europe
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Date (When the record was created)
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1795-1815
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains secret communications, originally from agents on the frontier of Holland and France, but later from agents in Northern Germany and Sweden.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records inherited by the Secret Intelligence Service see: HD
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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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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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17 volume(s)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7358/
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Foreign Office: Political and Other Departments: General Correspondence before 1906, British Secret Service in Europe
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