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History: 1 March 2005 releases
The Security Service released a further 357 files to The National Archives on 1 March 2005, its largest release to date. This brought the total number of its records in the public domain to almost 2,500.
Most of the files in this release are from 1939-45, but there are many from the inter-war period and post-war period up to 1954, dealing with a range of groups and subjects. As with previous releases, most of the records are personal files relating to individuals.
The National Archives website provides a full overview of the most noteworthy files. Click on one of the links below for summaries of selected cases.
- Figures from the African nationalist and independence movements
Jomo Kenyatta; Kwameh Nkrumah; CLR James; Paul Robeson - Cases of general interest
Arthur Ransome; Fenner Brockway MP; Enemy use of the BBC European Service; British post-war policy on detention camps; the Second World War defence of Gibraltar - German intelligence agents and suspected agents
Friedelinde Wagner - Soviet intelligence agents and suspected agents
Jurgen Kuczyinski
