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Admiralty: Naval Intelligence Division and Operational Intelligence Centre: Intelligence...

Catalogue reference: ADM 223

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ADM 223

This series contains Admiralty Intelligence papers, German naval communications, Operational Intelligence Centre special intelligence summaries, special intelligence reports from Japanese and Mediterranean waters, ULTRA decrypts, essays on World...

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ADM 223

Title
Admiralty: Naval Intelligence Division and Operational Intelligence Centre: Intelligence Reports and Papers
Date

1914-1978

Description

This series contains Admiralty Intelligence papers, German naval communications, Operational Intelligence Centre special intelligence summaries, special intelligence reports from Japanese and Mediterranean waters, ULTRA decrypts, essays on World War 2 by German naval staff officers, statements by German prisoners of war and intercepted enemy signals between Berlin and Tokyo. They relate to such matters as U-boat warfare, attacks on convoys, minesweeping and enemy shipping movements, together with reports by the naval intelligence division and correspondence concerning the British Naval Mission to Moscow (1941-1946). The series includes photocopies of documents cited in the official history of the intelligence services as well as a small series of message logs from the First World War.

Related material

Records of the Government Code and Cypher School:

For records of the Joint Intelligence Bureau see WO 252

For files of the tri-service Defence Intelligence staff see, DEFE 31

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Board of Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Division, 1886-1964
  • Board of Admiralty, Naval Staff, Naval Intelligence Division, 1912-1963
  • Board of Admiralty, Naval Staff, Operational Intelligence Centre, 1937-1964
Physical description

885 files and volumes

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1975 Ministry of Defence

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Series is accruing

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1931/

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Admiralty: Naval Intelligence Division and Operational Intelligence Centre: Intelligence Reports and Papers