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Government Code and Cypher School: Japanese Commercial Section: Reports of Plain...
Catalogue reference: HW 30
What's it about?
HW 30
This series contains reports from the Japanese Commercial Section comprising summaries of messages concerned with Japanese shipping movements and cargoes.
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 30
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Title (The name of the record)
- Government Code and Cypher School: Japanese Commercial Section: Reports of Plain Language Messages
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Date (When the record was created)
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1944-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains reports from the Japanese Commercial Section comprising summaries of messages concerned with Japanese shipping movements and cargoes.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of the Ministry of Economic Warfare see FO 837
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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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CS(FE) reports series
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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, Japanese Commercial Section, 1944-1945
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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21 volume(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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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
- Trade and commerce
- Intelligence
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1944 to 1945
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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All surviving reports have been preserved.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Japanese Commercial Section was constituted in 1944 and closed down at the end of 1945.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15452/
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