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Miscellaneous manuscript notes on RSS history. Page 2 of a section at the back of...
Catalogue reference: HW 34/1
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This record is about the Miscellaneous manuscript notes on RSS history. Page 2 of a section at the back of... dating from 1938 Jan 01-1946 Dec 31 in the series Government Code and Cypher School: Administration Files on the Radio Security Service. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1938 Jan 01-1946 Dec 31
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Miscellaneous manuscript notes on RSS history.
Page 2 of a section at the back of the file, marked TOP SECRET 'u', Notes for History of RSS, which is the continuation of II (Achievements of RSS and its tasks) (a) and II (b), reported missing November 2025
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- Radio and television
- Intelligence
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Government Code and Cypher School: Administration Files on the Radio Security Service
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Government Code and Cypher School: Administration Files on the Radio Security Service
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Miscellaneous manuscript notes on RSS history. Page 2 of a section at the back of...
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