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Government Code and Cypher School: Records relating to Commonwealth and Allied Signals...
Catalogue reference: HW 61
What's it about?
HW 61
This series contains records relating to liaison between GC&CS and its partner organisations in allied and Commonwealth states.
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 61
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Title (The name of the record)
- Government Code and Cypher School: Records relating to Commonwealth and Allied Signals Intelligence Organisations
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Date (When the record was created)
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1931-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to liaison between GC&CS and its partner organisations in allied and Commonwealth states.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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56 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
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 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
- 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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Selected under acquisition policy criterion 2.2.1.3, documenting liaison between GC&CS and allied signals intelligence organisations. All surviving records selected.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16189/
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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Government Code and Cypher School: Records relating to Commonwealth and Allied Signals Intelligence Organisations
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