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GCHQ: Government Communications Headquarters website
Catalogue reference: HW 79
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HW 79
This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the GCHQ: Government Communications Headquarters website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive using the links listed below (for a general...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HW 79
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Title (The name of the record)
- GCHQ: Government Communications Headquarters website
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Date (When the record was created)
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From 2008
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the GCHQ: Government Communications Headquarters website.
[Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive using the links listed below (for a general explanation of these parallel links, please see the Arrangement field)]:
GCHQ: Government Communications Headquarters (http://www.gchq.gov.uk/).
Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) (https://www.gchq.gov.uk/).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Please see information at Divisional level.
This series contains more than one link to the ‘snapshots’ of this website. For some websites, the URL may change periodically. Despite this change to the URL these websites are part of the same record series as they represent the department or organisation’s presence on the web at the time. Occasionally, more than one domain URL to the same website may run in parallel creating an overlap.
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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 Communications Headquarters, 1946-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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archived website(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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Gathered from original website
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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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Future website versions may be anticipated
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is one of the three UK Intelligence Agencies and a part of the UK's National Intelligence Machinery. GCHQ works in partnership with the Security Service (also known as MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (also known as MI6) to protect the UK's national security interests.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16750/
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