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Series
Government Code and Cypher School: Anglo-French Liaison Records
Catalogue reference: HW 65
What's it about?
HW 65
This series contains records produced by various GC&CS sections concerning liaison with the French on analysis of intercepted enemy communications and the breaking of enemy and other cyphers during the Second World War.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HW 65
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Title (The name of the record)
- Government Code and Cypher School: Anglo-French Liaison Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1938-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records produced by various GC&CS sections concerning liaison with the French on analysis of intercepted enemy communications and the breaking of enemy and other cyphers during the Second World War.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and French
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Government Code and Cypher School, Air Section, 1936-1946
- Government Code and Cypher School, Army Section, 1930-1946
- Government Code and Cypher School, Diplomatic Section, 1919-1946
- Government Code and Cypher School, Naval Section, 1924-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Selected under acquisition policy criterion 2.2.1.3, documenting the history of Anglo-French co-operation in signals intelligence work during the Second World War. All surviving records selected.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16222/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: HW
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Government Code and Cypher School: Anglo-French Liaison Records
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