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RELEASE OF FILES TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES (04.09.07)

The National Archives have today released the latest set of historical Security Service files, bringing the total on public display to nearly 3,700. Most of the files relate to the Second World War, though many cover the inter-war and post-war periods as well. Highlights include files on the writers George Orwell and Ernst Henri, the American folk archivist Alan Lomax, and the early Soviet defectors Leon Helfland and Grigoriy Besedovskiy. Please click on the headline to read more.