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Sigint Board, Jan - June 1944 - minutes of meetings and other papers Subjects discussed...
Catalogue reference: HW 42/12
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This record is about the Sigint Board, Jan - June 1944 - minutes of meetings and other papers Subjects discussed... dating from 1944 Jan 04-1944 Jun 30 in the series Government Code and Cypher School: Sigint Board and Related Committees and Sub-Committees:.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HW 42/12
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944 Jan 04-1944 Jun 30
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sigint Board, Jan - June 1944 - minutes of meetings and other papers
Subjects discussed include:
- 'Most Secret' becomes 'Top Secret'
- organisation of radio countermeasures in preparation for OVERLORD - radio countermeasures against Japanese
- proposed use of Canadian Y troops in either India or Australia
- Y communications needs after defeat of Germans under consideration
- Sigint policy against Japan
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Q2069
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11034997/
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HW 42
Government Code and Cypher School: Sigint Board and Related Committees and Sub-Committees:...
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