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A dramatic plea for Churchill’s help from Bletchley Park
In 1941, four Government Code and Cypher School cryptanalysts, including Alan Turing, made a stunning appeal directly to Winston Churchill.
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United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell:...
Catalogue reference: AB 24
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AB 24
This series contains files of the Establishment Directorate at Harwell, and of the Chemistry, Engineering, Electronics and Applied Physics, Metallurgy, Nuclear Physics and Process Technology Divisions. There are also files of the Industrial...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AB 24
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Title (The name of the record)
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell: Research and Development, Correspondence and Papers.
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Date (When the record was created)
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1955-1987
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the Establishment Directorate at Harwell, and of the Chemistry, Engineering, Electronics and Applied Physics, Metallurgy, Nuclear Physics and Process Technology Divisions. There are also files of the Industrial Collaboration Office, the Radiochemical Centre, Amersham and of the Wantage Research Laboratory, which operated as an offshoot of Harwell between 1959 and 1970. The papers in this series deal with such subjects as isotope production, accelerators, graphite and irradiation.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The material is listed under the several originating divisions.
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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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153 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1991 United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
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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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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1639/
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United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell: Research and Development, Correspondence and Papers.
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