英國數千份具爭議歷史事件文件已遺失
Thousands of government papers detailing some of the most controversial episodes in 20th-century British history have vanished after civil servants removed them from the country's National Archives and then reported them as lost.
英國國家檔案館內數千份詳細記載20世紀英國曆史中一些最具爭議事件的政府文件，在公職人員取走後消失，隨後他們宣稱文件已經遺失。Documents concerning the Falklands war, Northern Ireland's Troubles and the infamous Zinoviev letter – in which MI6 officers plotted to bring about the downfall of the first Labour government - are all said to have been misplaced.
據稱，有關馬島戰爭、北愛爾蘭衝突和臭名昭著的“季諾維也夫信”事件的文件均已丟失。“季諾維也夫信”事件中，軍情六處官員策劃了第一屆工黨政府的倒臺。Other missing files concern the British colonial administration in Palestine, tests on polio vaccines and long-running territorial disputes between the UK and Argentina.
其他遺失的文件還涉及英國在巴勒斯坦的殖民管理，對脊髓灰質炎疫苗的測試以及英國和阿根廷之間長期存在的領土爭端。
An entire file on the Zinoviev letter scandal vanished after Home Office staff took it away, according to the Guardian.
據《衛報》報道，在內政部官員將關於“季諾維也夫信”醜聞的整個文件取走之後，它便從此消失了。The Home Office declined to explain to the paper who removed the files from the National Archives and why. It also did not say whether any copies had been made.
內政部拒絕向該報解釋是誰從國家檔案館移走了文件以及爲什麼要這麼做。該部門也沒有透露是否之前曾製作過副本。"The National Archives regularly sends lists to government departments of files that they have out on loan," a spokesman said. "If we are notified that a file is missing, we do ask what actions have been done and what action is being taken to find the file."
一位發言人表示：“國家檔案館會定期向政府部門發送他們已借出的文件的清單。如果我們被告知有一個文件遺失了，我們一定會詢問已經採取了哪些措施，以及正在採取什麼措施來尋找該文件。”
