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Reports on USSR military and civil messages: including political department of airborne...
Catalogue reference: HW 75/431
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This record is about the Reports on USSR military and civil messages: including political department of airborne... dating from 1947 Nov 24 - 1947 Dec 10 in the series Government Communications Headquarters and predecessor: Soviet Bloc reports. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HW 75/431
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Date (When the record was created)
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1947 Nov 24 - 1947 Dec 10
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports on USSR military and civil messages: including political department of airborne troops, subordination of static motor transport repair shops, General Klement'ev, despatch of petrol bowsers by 16 Air Army to 17 Air Army, representative of First Chief Directorate attached to the Council of Ministers, 20 Airfield Construction Regiment, despatch of explosives to MVD coal mining combines, 209 Tank Self-Propelled Regiment, inspection of artillery in the Far East, housing authorities in Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany, captured equipment to be flown from Berlin to Vienna, newspaper for Turkish population in Bulgaria, repair of a PO-2 aircraft, tanks and self-propelled guns in Transcaucasus Military District, senior army officers, reference to independent regiments of 16 Air Army, life history of Colonel Skylarov, artillery depot of 30 Guards Mortar Brigade, demobilisation in Transcaucasus Military District
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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T901 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)
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S/ARU/T885-T907
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Public Record(s)
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Retained Until 2014
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Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14381978/
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HW 75
Government Communications Headquarters and predecessor: Soviet Bloc reports
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