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Bechuanaland: telegraph code; use of Sudan code between headquarters and districts
Catalogue reference: FCO 141/1165
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FCO 141/1165
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Date (When the record was created)
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1937 Feb 01 - 1939 Aug 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Bechuanaland: telegraph code; use of Sudan code between headquarters and districts
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- The National Archives, Kew
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H 30
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- International
- Communications
- Africa
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FCO 141
Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: Records of Former Colonial Administrations:...
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