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'C', Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS): Swedish iron ore
Catalogue reference: FO 1093/208
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This record is about the 'C', Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS): Swedish iron ore dating from 1940 Jan 17 - 1940 Mar 20 in the series Foreign Office: Permanent Under-Secretary's Department: Registered and Unregistered.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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FO 1093/208
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1940 Jan 17 - 1940 Mar 20
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Description (What the record is about)
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'C', Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS): Swedish iron ore
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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C I/8
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Open Document, Open Description
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