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Reports on miscellaneous Soviet economic and civil activity: including specifications...
Catalogue reference: HW 75/172
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This record is about the Reports on miscellaneous Soviet economic and civil activity: including specifications... dating from 1948 Jan 09 - 1948 Mar 23 in the series Government Communications Headquarters and predecessor: Soviet Bloc reports. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HW 75/172
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1948 Jan 09 - 1948 Mar 23
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports on miscellaneous Soviet economic and civil activity: including specifications for new type of motor gasoline, details of an epidemic in Kzyl Orda Oblast', a case of misdirection of labour, depth of Volga-Caspian Canal, dispatch of five tons of gold to Switzerland, flight over North Pole in IL-12 aircraft, message stating that arrears of wages to be paid at one tenth of a rouble, message referring to association between German concerns and a factory at Novocherkassk, formula and method of application of an anti-icing substance for use on Soviet aircraft, reference to joint Soviet-Hungarian construction of bridge over River Tisza
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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)
- S/ARU-E/T146-T167
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- Public Record(s)
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- Retained Until 2010
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11538969/
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HW 75
Government Communications Headquarters and predecessor: Soviet Bloc reports
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Reports on miscellaneous Soviet economic and civil activity: including specifications...
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