Focus on
The corsair state of Rabat-Salé
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Series
Government Code and Cypher School: Diplomatic Section and Commercial Section: Records
Catalogue reference: HW 53
What's it about?
HW 53
This series contains records of the Commercial and Diplomatic sections dealing with the acquisition, processing and distribution of diplomatic and commercial messages.
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 53
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Title (The name of the record)
- Government Code and Cypher School: Diplomatic Section and Commercial Section: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1923-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Commercial and Diplomatic sections dealing with the acquisition, processing and distribution of diplomatic and commercial messages.
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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)
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- Government Code and Cypher School, Commercial Section, 1938-1945
- Government Code and Cypher School, Diplomatic Section, 1919-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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57 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2003-2004 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
- Trade and commerce
- Intelligence
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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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Records selected under acquisition policy criterion 2.2.1.3, documenting the work of the Government Code and Cypher School to acquire, process and distribute intelligence from intercepted commercial and diplomatic communications. All surviving records selected.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16107/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
17,110 records
Within the department: HW
Records created or inherited by Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
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