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Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
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Police Research and Planning Branch and successors: reports. Missing at transfer
Catalogue reference: HO 377/361
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This record is about the Police Research and Planning Branch and successors: reports. Missing at transfer dating from 1980 in the series Home Office: Police Research and Planning Branch and successors: Reports. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 377/361
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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Police Research and Planning Branch and successors: reports. Missing at transfer
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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)
- 35/80
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed Until 2005
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Policing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1384995/
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HO 377
Home Office: Police Research and Planning Branch and successors: Reports
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