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Reports on USSR military and civil messages: including Head of Political Department...
Catalogue reference: HW 75/434
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This record is about the Reports on USSR military and civil messages: including Head of Political Department... dating from 1947 Dec 11 - 1947 Dec 30 in the series Government Communications Headquarters and predecessor: Soviet Bloc reports. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HW 75/434
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Date (When the record was created)
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1947 Dec 11 - 1947 Dec 30
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports on USSR military and civil messages: including Head of Political Department of Caspian Flotilla to take over Party administration, report on Party organisation of the Counter-Intelligence Section of the MGB in the 56th Rifle Corps, party political work in the 525th Labour Battalion and 801st Military Construction Unit, report on work of political sections in 126th Rifle Corps, extraction of gas in the Vojvozh Trust of the Ukhta Oil Combine, use of captured equipment in Ukhta Oil Combine, proforma for returns of work at radio stations, report by 16 Army of British fighter over Orienburg, parachute jump from PO-2 aircraft, operations reports from several fleets, possible re-equipment of naval air regiments in Far East with P-63 aircraft, construction of pipe line in Ukhta area, ionosphere reports, transports for the MT Directorate in Central Group of Forces, bombing practice in 16 Air Army
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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/T959-T975
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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/C14381981/
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HW 75
Government Communications Headquarters and predecessor: Soviet Bloc reports
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