英国数千份具争议历史事件文件已遗失

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.

英国国家档案馆内数千份详细记载20世纪英国历史中一些最具争议事件的政府文件，在公职人员取走后消失，随后他们宣称文件已经遗失。

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.

据称，有关马岛战争、北爱尔兰冲突和臭名昭著的“季诺维也夫信”事件的文件均已丢失。“季诺维也夫信”事件中，军情六处官员策划了第一届工党政府的倒台。

Other missing files concern the British colonial administration in Palestine, tests on polio vaccines and long-running territorial disputes between the UK and Argentina.

其他遗失的文件还涉及英国在巴勒斯坦的殖民管理，对脊髓灰质炎疫苗的测试以及英国和阿根廷之间长期存在的领土争端。

An entire file on the Zinoviev letter scandal vanished after Home Office staff took it away, according to the Guardian.

据《卫报》报道，在内政部官员将关于“季诺维也夫信”丑闻的整个文件取走之后，它便从此消失了。

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.

内政部拒绝向该报解释是谁从国家档案馆移走了文件以及为什么要这么做。该部门也没有透露是否之前曾制作过副本。

"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."

一位发言人表示：“国家档案馆会定期向政府部门发送他们已借出的文件的清单。如果我们被告知有一个文件遗失了，我们一定会询问已经采取了哪些措施，以及正在采取什么措施来寻找该文件。”