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Allied Sigint Policy and Organisation by Nigel de Grey, Chapter IV. Part 1 The Government...
Catalogue reference: HW 43/76
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This record is about the Allied Sigint Policy and Organisation by Nigel de Grey, Chapter IV. Part 1 The Government... dating from 1939 Sep 01-1945 Aug 30 in the series Government Code and Cypher School: Histories of British Sigint. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939 Sep 01-1945 Aug 30
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Allied Sigint Policy and Organisation by Nigel de Grey, Chapter IV. Part 1 The Government Code and Cypher School from January 1942 onwards (pages 1-264); Part 2 The Japanese War (pages 265-329); Part 3 (i) Other Sections (pages 330-381), (ii) Development of the Ancillary Sections (pages 382-496), (iii) Administration 1942-1945 (pages 497-573).
These chapter headings are consistent with the contents of this volume, rather than exactly matching the table of contents provided for the entire book in HW 43/75 (please see related material below)
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This volume is draft only and there is no evidence that a final version was ever issued. The very neat pencil emendations are in Nigel de Grey's hand, the almost unreadable scribbles are by Frank Birch, General Editor of the post-World War II histories and former head of Naval Section [Deputy Director NS]
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Retained Until 2004
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Intelligence
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11202918/
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Government Code and Cypher School: Histories of British Sigint
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