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Reports on USSR military and civil messages: including navigational breakdowns in...
Catalogue reference: HW 75/444
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This record is about the Reports on USSR military and civil messages: including navigational breakdowns in... dating from 1948 Jan 26 - 1948 Feb 06 in the series Government Communications Headquarters and predecessor: Soviet Bloc reports. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HW 75/444
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Date (When the record was created)
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1948 Jan 26 - 1948 Feb 06
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports on USSR military and civil messages: including navigational breakdowns in Baltic, intelligence report from Caspian Flotilla, intelligence report from Swinemunde Naval Base, tank parts required by 126 Rifle Corps, activities of bandits in Transcaucasus Military District, conditions of tank engines in 137 Rifle Corps, aircraft types in area of 11 Air Army, 5 Air Technical Division, prepared defences in Tar'ya Bay, 15th Marine Infantry Brigade of 7th Fleet, establishment of camouflage laboratory in 7th Fleet, transfer of tanks to Mingechaur Construction, ammunition in Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany, move of units of 5 Guards Tank Army from Germany, building of brick works in Komsomolsk area, Kamchatka Flotilla operations reports, operations report from 7th Fleet, strength return of Dnieper Flotilla, oxygen stations for submarines and aircraft in Far East, equipment of frigates for mine-laying
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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S/ARU/T1213-T1233
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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/C14381991/
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HW 75
Government Communications Headquarters and predecessor: Soviet Bloc reports
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