A number of Security Service files released to the National Archives (new window) on 4 September 2006 concerned communists and suspected communists. The following pages present some of the highlights.
Engelbert Broda A leading Austrian scientist and refugee from Nazi persecution who was suspected of being a Communist
Frederick Copeman A former Royal Navy sailor who was a leader of the 1931 Invergordon Mutiny and led the British Battalion in the Spanish Civil War
The British International Brigade Association The organisation for veterans of the British Battalion of the International Brigade, which campaigned for their welfare and against the Franco regime in Spain