"Christmas tree" files
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christmas-tree-files-169-11131993
title:
"Christmas tree" files
text:
From the 1930s until the 1980s, the BBC kept a number of clandestine files on applicants accused by MI5 of political subversion, in particular those deemed to be communists or fellow travellers of communism. These were marked with a distinctive upwards-facing green arrow, which bore resemblance to a Christmas tree and had the effect of blacklisting a number of applicants to BBC roles. Knowledge of these files was made public in 1985 after being reported on by The Observer; by this time, the prac
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description:
20th-century files kept by the BBC
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Christmas_tree%22_files
date created:
2021-12-03T04:26:22Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T14:42:12Z
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