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Series
Government Code and Cypher School: Directorate: Communications and Machinery Papers
Catalogue reference: HW 62
What's it about?
HW 62
This series contains papers relating to the development and use of GC&CS equipment for communications and decyphering activities, produced by the Directorate (principally the Director from March 1944, Commander Travis, and his deputy, Nigel...
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HW 62
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Title (The name of the record)
- Government Code and Cypher School: Directorate: Communications and Machinery Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1927-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains papers relating to the development and use of GC&CS equipment for communications and decyphering activities, produced by the Directorate (principally the Director from March 1944, Commander Travis, and his deputy, Nigel de Grey). The papers cover the provision of landline communication facilities between Bletchley Park and other establishments, the development and acquisition of code-breaking machinery, and some records relating to the interception of foreign (other than German or Japanese) wireless telegraphy messages and to security breaches at Bletchley Park.
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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, 1919-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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34 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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From 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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Series is 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 the internal security, communication links and development of decyphering equipment at Bletchley Park. All surviving records preserved.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16219/
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Government Code and Cypher School: Directorate: Communications and Machinery Papers
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