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RELEASE OF FILES BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES (01.09.08)
The National Archives has released the latest set of historical Security Service files, bringing the total on public display to approximately 4,000. Most of the files relate to the Second World War, though many cover the inter-war and post-war periods as well. Of the personal files in this release, the most notable include those relating to the Czechoslovak president Eduard Benes; brother of Lord Haw-Haw Quentin Joyce; James Lonsdale-Bryans, supposed envoy from Lord Halifax to the German hierarchy; British "Scarlet Pimpernel" escaper from Nazi custody Francis Mumme; head of post-Second World War West German intelligence Reinhard von Gehlen; Communist Cambridge scientist and contact of Guy Burgess, Peter Astbury. For more information, please click on this item's headline.
