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Pirate radio station, Radio Caroline. Illegal broadcasting outside UK territorial...

Catalogue reference: HO 255/1002

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This record is about the Pirate radio station, Radio Caroline. Illegal broadcasting outside UK territorial... dating from 1964-1966 in the series Post Office and Successors: Radio Regulation (P, RB and RD Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
HO 255/1002
Date
1964-1966
Description

Pirate radio station, Radio Caroline. Illegal broadcasting outside UK territorial waters: reports of interference to legitimate broadcasting stations within the UK and abroad

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
RB/RD RB/GT/9 Part II
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Radio and television
Piracy and privateering
Communications
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3086155/

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HO 255

Post Office and Successors: Radio Regulation (P, RB and RD Series) Files

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