Series
Loraine Papers
Catalogue reference: FO 1011
Date: 1836-1973
This series contains both personal and official papers, including photograph albums, of the diplomat Sir Percy Loraine (1880-1961). It includes...
Series
Government Code and Cypher School: Naval, Air and Military Sections: Reports of Spanish...
Catalogue reference: HW 22
What's it about?
HW 22
Contains intelligence reports compiled from decrypted signals and other sources relating to the Spanish Civil War and to the Second World War. The series includes a very small amount of material on French and Portuguese naval forces. The reports...
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- HW 22
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Title (The name of the record)
- Government Code and Cypher School: Naval, Air and Military Sections: Reports of Spanish Military and Civilian Activity
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1936-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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Contains intelligence reports compiled from decrypted signals and other sources relating to the Spanish Civil War and to the Second World War. The series includes a very small amount of material on French and Portuguese naval forces. The reports are largely based on messages decrypted by the Government Code and Cypher School either verbatim or quoted in summaries produced by other intelligence organisations such as Air Staff which probably also contain information from other sources.
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Arrangement
Former reference order
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Government Code and Cypher School, Air Section, 1936-1946
- Government Code and Cypher School, Army Section, 1930-1946
- Government Code and Cypher School, Naval Section, 1924-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 27 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1998 Government Communications Headquarters
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Entire series selected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15131/
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