伦敦，10月22日——最新解密的文件显示，英国间谍机构曾对奈·贝文进行长达三十年的监视。贝文是备受赞誉的国民保健署（NHS）缔造者，监视原因是其与共产党的联系以及在二战期间对英国政府的批评。
LONDON, Oct 22 - British spies monitored Nye Bevan, the much lauded architect of the National Health Service, for three decades because of his links to the Communist Party and criticism of Britain's government in World War Two, newly released papers show.
国家档案馆周四公开的军情五处（MI5）解密秘密文件显示，从1933年到1960年贝文去世，军情五处一直密切监视贝文在议会中的活动以及他在外面的行踪和会面。
Declassified secret documents from MI5 made public by the National Archives on Thursday reveal that Bevan's activities in parliament, and his movements and meetings outside, were closely watched by MI5 from 1933 until his death in 1960.
军情五处曾怀疑贝文是共产主义同情者。贝文是一名坚定的社会主义者，也是议会中最知名的温斯顿·丘吉尔及其战时联合政府的批评者之一。然而，该机构的调查似乎认定，没有什么可担心的。
MI5 had suspected that Bevan, a committed socialist and one of the most prominent parliamentary critics of Winston Churchill and his wartime coalition, was a communist sympathiser. However, the agency's investigations seem to have determined that there was nothing to worry about.
一份1955年的笔记写道：“我们掌握的关于贝文自1943年以来与共产党关系的信息表明，共产党和托洛茨基主义者不时试图让他与他们合作，但均未成功。”
"What information we have on Bevan's relations with the Communist Party since 1943 show that from time to time both the Communist Party and the Trotskyists have made attempts to get him to work with them without success," a 1955 note said.
贝文于1960年去世，战后出任卫生大臣，因在1948年创立国家出资的国民保健署而为人称道。
Bevan, who died in 1960, became health minister after the war and is credited with founding the state-funded NHS in 1948.
这位曾当过威尔士煤矿工人的政治家以其演说才能著称，但也被视为一个极具争议的人物，不仅是在工党内部，在整个国家也是如此。
While the one-time Welsh coal miner was heralded for his oratory skills, he was also seen as a highly divisive figure, not just within the Labour Party but the country as whole.
贝文去世两年后，对其军情五处案卷的审查结论写道：“考虑到奈·贝文是一个多么有争议的人物，这份档案实在平淡无奇。”
Two years after his death, a review of his MI5 case file stated: "Considering what a controversial character Nye Bevan was, the file is remarkably tame."
此次公开的其他新资料还包括军情五处关于德国外交官沃尔夫冈·祖·普特利茨的档案，此人曾向英国泄露希特勒的计划；此外还有关于苏联特工和嫌疑人员的档案，例如弗兰克·博萨德，他因向俄罗斯间谍传递防务材料而被判处21年监禁。
The other newly material released also included MI5 files about Wolfgang zu Putlitz, a German diplomat who leaked information about Hitler's plans to Britain, and Soviet agents and suspected operatives such as Frank Bossard who was jailed for 21 years for passing defence material to Russian spies.