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Estonian Liaison 1932-1938, Specimen Reports from Thomson to Watson. Estonian Liaison...
Catalogue reference: HW 61/46
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This record is about the Estonian Liaison 1932-1938, Specimen Reports from Thomson to Watson. Estonian Liaison... dating from 1932 Sep 19 - 1938 Apr 26 in the series Government Code and Cypher School: Records relating to Commonwealth and Allied Signals.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HW 61/46
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1932 Sep 19 - 1938 Apr 26
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Description (What the record is about)
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Estonian Liaison 1932-1938, Specimen Reports from Thomson to Watson. Estonian Liaison AI 1c Papers. Exchange of technical details on the Russian target. Much of the liaison was conducted by Warrant Officer Swanborough (later commissioned as Flying Officer and eventually reaching the rank of Squadron leader), Officer Commanding (OC) of the RAF intercept station at Waddington, Lincolnshire. In 1938 he handed liaison over to J E S Cooper of GC&CS
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- WGS/22
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- Public Record(s)
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- Retained Until 2004
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Air Force
- Intelligence
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11203364/
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