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Reports on USSR military and civil messages: including transfer of calcium hydrochlorite...
Catalogue reference: HW 75/433
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This record is about the Reports on USSR military and civil messages: including transfer of calcium hydrochlorite... dating from 1947 Dec 09 - 1947 Dec 31 in the series Government Communications Headquarters and predecessor: Soviet Bloc reports. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HW 75/433
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Date (When the record was created)
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1947 Dec 09 - 1947 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports on USSR military and civil messages: including transfer of calcium hydrochlorite from chemical warfare to medical and veterinary services, 105 Mechanised Military Bridging Detachment, Scientific Research Institute of the Air Force, Advanced All-Army Military-Political Courses, despatch of equipment from Germany to USSR, construction of telegraph and telephone lines and signal centres, depots 144 and 680, purchase of milling cutters etc., naval aircraft strength return from Far East, partial fulfilment of target figures by Inta Coal Combine, appointment at Frunze Aviation Training School, intelligence report from Kamchatka Flotilla, vessel 'Graf Zeppelin' to be used as target in gunnery exercise, speed trials of Large Submarine-Chaser 270 in Caspian Sea, ration strength of Dnieper Flotilla, conference at Voroshilov Naval Academy in Leningrad, repair of floating dock of Caspian Flotilla, fuel pumps required by Caspian Flotilla, underwater ship repair course at Vladivostok, large scale reorganisation of political posts in 5th Fleet, Submarine Brigades of 5th Fleet, naval construction and repair in Far East
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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S/ARU/T935-T958
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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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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14381980/
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HW 75
Government Communications Headquarters and predecessor: Soviet Bloc reports
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Reports on USSR military and civil messages: including transfer of calcium hydrochlorite...
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