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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
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Government Code and Cypher School: Collection and Analysis of Middle Eastern and...
Catalogue reference: HW 68
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HW 68
This series contains records held by the Government Code and Cypher School (some of which originated in the War Office and in various service units) relating to the organisation of interception and analysis of enemy communications in the Middle...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HW 68
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Title (The name of the record)
- Government Code and Cypher School: Collection and Analysis of Middle Eastern and North African Communications
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Date (When the record was created)
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1943-1944
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records held by the Government Code and Cypher School (some of which originated in the War Office and in various service units) relating to the organisation of interception and analysis of enemy communications in the Middle East and North Africa during 1943 and 1944, including some relating to the use of captured enemy documents.
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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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7 volume(s)
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals are expected.
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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 collection of signals intelligence in the Middle East and North Africa. All surviving records selected.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16236/
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