Jan. 01, 1955 - Atom papers vanish from Sir Henry Self's office...: Papers relating to...

Jan. 01, 1955 - Atom papers vanish from Sir Henry Self's office...: Papers relating to the development of atomic energy in Britain, which vanished on Monday-were taken from the office of Sir Henry Self, Deputy Chairman of the Britain Electricity Authority. The papers were in a brown leather briefcase and the B.E.A Headquarters, Trafalgar Square. Sir Henry is one of two £5,000 a year deputy chairman of the BEA. He is in charge of administration. The documents are reported to a outlining possible lines of development for Britain's industrial use of atomic energy - but they are reported to be not-secret and contain no military information of secret technical information. Photo shows Sir Henry Self - Deputy Chairman of B.E.A