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I think they have over egged the "find" and the danger they were in, the plans were on microfilm in an ex war time de Havilland factory. Great that they were kept in circulation.
Someone must have recognised them for what they were, otherwise they would have ended up in a landfill or incinerator as countless thousands of such documents have.