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Naval Miscellaneous Papers Apr-June 1945. These papers, collected by Frank Birch,...
Catalogue reference: HW 8/36
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This record is about the Naval Miscellaneous Papers Apr-June 1945. These papers, collected by Frank Birch,... dating from 1945 Apr 01-1945 Jun 30 in the series Government Code and Cypher School: Naval Section: Reports, Working Aids and Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HW 8/36
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1945 Apr 01-1945 Jun 30
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Naval Miscellaneous Papers Apr-June 1945.
These papers, collected by Frank Birch, Head of Naval Section, reflect the daily operations of Naval Section and relations with Op-20-G, the U.S. Navy equivalent organisation.
- 2/4/1945 Minutes of a meeting held at Naval Headquarters, Colombo, at 1030, 2nd April, 1945.
- 26/4/1945 Diving operations on U1195.
- 21/5/1945 Translation of statement of Admiral Krauss. Tasks and organisation of the Signals Intelligence Dept. of Naval War Staff [Germany].
- 27/5/1945 German Admiralty Archives [see also 29/5/1945 and 31/5/1945].
- 29/5/1945 Canadian photographs of the capture of cryptographic documents [see also 30/5/1945].
- 30/5/1945 Special Intelligence statistics for the European War.
- 3/6/1945 Captured documents.
- 11/6/1945 D.D.(N.S.) [Birch] to Director; comments on P.689 enclosure 1 [notes on the conduct of a naval sigint organisation].
- 11/6/1945 [3 undated memos concerned with the capture of the archives of the German Admiralty].
- 11/6/1945 Policy for Naval 'Y' and D/F stations.
- 14/6/1945 Communications Plan for the Pacific [U.S.Navy].
- 19/6/1945 Memorandum on the Production of Signal Intelligence by Director of Sigint Intelligence South East Asia Command.
- 19/6/1945 Security of captured German records.
- 23/6/1945 The Lay-out of the Main Operational Section of the Tanbach Archives [German Navy].
- 26/6/1945 O.K.M. News Service [German cryptographers].
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Retained Until 2002
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Open Document, Open Description
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Government Code and Cypher School: Naval Section: Reports, Working Aids and Correspondence
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