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Government Code and Cypher School and Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ):...
Catalogue reference: HW 92
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HW 92
This series contains records consulted and used in preparation of Ferris, J's book titled 'Behind the Enigma: The Authorised History of GCHQ, Britain's Secret Cyber Intelligence Agency'. This includes papers, correspondence, minutes, memoranda,...
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HW 92
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Title (The name of the record)
- Government Code and Cypher School and Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ): Records Used in the Writing of 'Behind the Enigma: The Authorised History of GCHQ, Britain's Secret Cyber Intelligence Agency'
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Date (When the record was created)
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1945-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records consulted and used in preparation of Ferris, J's book titled 'Behind the Enigma: The Authorised History of GCHQ, Britain's Secret Cyber Intelligence Agency'. This includes papers, correspondence, minutes, memoranda, internal publications and reports. Files within this series cover the following topics: the general running of the department, its staff, its interactions with other bodies and intelligence reports relating to specific world events. World events include the Palestine Mandate (1944-1948), the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation 'Konfrontasi' (1962-1966) and the Falklands War (1982)
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- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
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- Government Code and Cypher School, 1919-1946
- Government Communications Headquarters, 1946-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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25 file(s)
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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 2021 Government Communications Headquarters
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Open Document, Open Description
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In 1946 Government Code and Cypher School (GCCS) was renamed Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). In 1954 most of GCHQ's communications security responsibilities were transferred to the new London Communications Security Agency (LCSA). However GCHQ co-operated closely with the LCSA and GCHQ's L Division provided advice, cooperation and assistance in communications security matters and produced all code and cypher material for user departments. In 1969 the LCSA (by then named the Communications-Electronics Security Department) was reintegrated into GCHQ as the Communications-Electronics Security Group.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17549165/
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