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Government Code and Cypher School: Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force...
Catalogue reference: HW 60
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HW 60
This series consists of records relating to signals intelligence work carried out by the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, covering subjects such as the organisation of air signals intelligence, minutes of meetings, policy on the...
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HW 60
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Title (The name of the record)
- Government Code and Cypher School: Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) Signals Intelligence: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1943-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of records relating to signals intelligence work carried out by the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, covering subjects such as the organisation of air signals intelligence, minutes of meetings, policy on the organisation and operation of signals intelligence, co-operation with other intelligence organisations and the establishment of the signals intelligence board.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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English
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- Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, 1944-1945
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4 file(s)
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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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From 2004 Government Communications Headquarters
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Selected under acquisition policy criterion 2.2.1.3, documenting the work of SHAEF signals intelligence. All surviving records selected.
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The Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) was established in January 1944 by the supreme commander of allied forces in Europe, General Eisenhower. It absorbed a number of predecessor headquarters and planning bodies, principally COSSAC. Based initially in Bushy Park, Middlesex, it was responsible for planning and executing Operation Overlord and subsequent operations to defeat German forces in western Europe. Its responsibilities included overall command of relevant signals intelligence activities.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16188/
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