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Government Code and Cypher School: Air Section: Reports based on Japanese Army Air...
Catalogue reference: HW 28
What's it about?
HW 28
This series consists of reports by the Air Sections based on Japanese army air force decrypts. They contain information on Japanese army air force operational and administrative matters.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HW 28
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Title (The name of the record)
- Government Code and Cypher School: Air Section: Reports based on Japanese Army Air Force Decrypts
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Date (When the record was created)
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1943-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of reports by the Air Sections based on Japanese army air force decrypts. They contain information on Japanese army air force operational and administrative matters.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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The records in this series were retained by the department under s.3(4) of the Public Records Act 1958, until it was decided that they could be made available to the public. The records were open from the date of transfer to the PRO.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The arrangement of records in this series is, where possible, by numbered series of reports as produced by the Government Code and Cypher School. However, because the reports were released to the PRO over a number of transfers, not all the numbered series run in sequence. The numbered reports run as follows where they are split throughout the series:
- MASJ reports, pieces 1-12; 15-22; 24-40.
- JEB reports, pieces 83-85; 111-121; 141-143.
- JAFO reports, pieces 86-93; 96-110.
All other numbered reports (AJMI, LIZ, JES, AISS, WEC, JAAG/A, JIL, EFC/JAS and DEC reports) appear in a single run of piece numbers. The series also includes a number of general un-numbered reports and logbooks derived from Japanese Army Air Force decrypts.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Government Code and Cypher School, Air Section, 1936-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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155 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2000-2004 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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- Topics
- Asia
- Intelligence
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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File series ran from November 1943 to December 1945
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is not accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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The entire series has been selected for preservation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15450/
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Government Code and Cypher School: Air Section: Reports based on Japanese Army Air Force Decrypts
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