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Pearl Harbour - The Evidence for: The paper prepared for Winston Churchill's history...
Catalogue reference: HW 50/52
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This record is about the Pearl Harbour - The Evidence for: The paper prepared for Winston Churchill's history... dating from 1941 Feb 01 - 1941 Dec 07 in the series Government Code and Cypher School and Government Communications Headquarters: Records.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HW 50/52
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Date (When the record was created)
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1941 Feb 01 - 1941 Dec 07
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Description (What the record is about)
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Pearl Harbour - The Evidence for: The paper prepared for Winston Churchill's history on information available to the British Cabinet before Pearl Harbour (the BJ [diplomatic] telegrams exchanged between America and the British giving warnings of impending Japanese attack). This study was carried out by Nigel de Grey and most of the papers are in his handwriting
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Decrypts of intercepted diplomatic communications (BJ series) are in HW 12
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- The National Archives, Kew
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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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HW 50
Government Code and Cypher School and Government Communications Headquarters: Records...
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