Records

Each record focuses on a single item from the National Archives' collection. Some records contain extra information to help you interpret them.

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  ASIO surveillance of the Aarons Family, members of the Communist Party of Australia

  A surveillance photograph of Brian Aarons, a member of the Communist Party of Australia, taken by Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) officers.

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  Cablegram regarding the declaration of 'non-use' of nuclear weapons

  This is a confidential cablegram sent from the Department of External Affairs (DEA) on 14 September 1968 to the Australian consulate-general in Geneva.

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  Citizenship for former Soviet spies the Petrovs

  A Cabinet submission made by the Minister for Immigration, Harold Holt, seeking agreement to grant citizenship to Russian defectors Vladimir and Evdokia Petrov.

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  Congratulations on actions towards Mrs Petrov – Letter to Prime Minister Robert Menzies

  Letter to Prime Minister Robert Menzies about the attempted abduction of Mrs Petrov from Darwin airport by Russian diplomatic couriers.

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  Counterespionage film Legal Resident – Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)

  Excerpt from the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation film on counter espionage.

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  Discouraging service personnel from marrying Asian women

  A Letter to the Secretary, Department of Defence about marriages between service personnel and Asians, 1954.

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  Evdokia Petrov and guards on the tarmac – newspaper photograph

  A photograph of Evdokia Petrov being escorted to an aircraft by two diplomatic couriers.

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  Expecting political asylum applications from Olympic participants

  This is a cabinet minute from 1956, regarding political asylum in Australia.

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  Guidelines for managing asylum applications from Olympic games participants

  Notes on Cabinet submission, including guidelines for ASIO's involvement in guiding and protecting asylum seekers.