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How would you know what was burnt if it was already burnt? The secrets were burnt and no one has them anymore.
by ganeshkrishnan 5y ago
How would you know what was burnt if it was already burnt? The secrets were burnt and no one has them anymore.
- kylegordon 5y agoIt's the second line of the article... "A great number of these records were destroyed and a sizeable portion sent to Britain to be kept secret. " Not all have been destroyed.
- neartheplain 5y agoSome papers were sent back to Britain for safekeeping, per the article. Speculatively, perhaps someone who was there could also tell us what was burnt in more detail.
- neolog 5y agoMaybe they wrote down what they burned.
- toss1 5y agoIf document-A makes a reference to document-B, and document-B is missing, and there were other references to burning, that's a start. Also, document-B might show up in the set that wasn't burned, but taken away and classified