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Catalogue description Leakage of top secret Foreign Office telegrams in the USA: evidence and investigation....
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| Reference: | KV 6/142 |
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| Description: |
Leakage of top secret Foreign Office telegrams in the USA: evidence and investigation. This is the Security Service's file for the investigation of a leakage in Washington which led to the unmasking of Donald MACLEAN as a Soviet agent and his flight to Moscow with Guy BURGESS |
| Note: | Serial 346a: analysis of MACLEAN as a 'fit' for Homer, the source of the leakage. Serial 348a: MACLEAN as top suspect. Serial 352b: summary to date. Serial 377a: first reference to HOMER's wife being in New York. Serial 400a: paper on future conduct of investigation. Serial 401a: assessment of the investigation. Contains copies of the leaked telegrams |
| Date: | 1951 Apr 02 - 1951 May 24 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | L 305-0121-42 VOL 3 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
| Access conditions: | Open on Transfer |
| Record opening date: | 23 October 2015 |
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