Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 408-3-7

Title

Filing and Records Management Procedures

Date(s)

1957 - 2006

Description Level

Series

Extent and medium (processed)

1 Archival boxes, 0.12 linear meters

Context

Archival history

Originals are kept in the Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security (ÁBTL).

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

Researching the history of state security files covers the filing system, movements of files, records management, rules of management of secret records, handing over and destruction of documents.

The series consists of records about files, rules of management, state security (ÁVH) documents destroyed in 1956, records centers set up in the building of the Ministry of Interior Affairs, surviving ÁVH documents, records on preserving “V” (investigation) files and other media, the filing system, records management, rules and provisions on state secret, and management of secret cases.

Documents on handing over and destroying state security files are in a separate folder.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information

No documents were destroyed in the course of processing.

Accruals

Not Expected

System of arrangement

Arranged thematically, and chronologically.

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

The general rules of research in OSA Research Room apply.

Conditions governing reproduction

A dokumentumok oktatási és kutatási célból digitálisan másolhatók az OSA kutatótermében.

Description Control

Archivist's note

Processed by László Varga, March 2, 2015.