Record revealed
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.
Piece
Flax
Catalogue reference: BT 131/114
What’s it about?
This record is about the Flax dating from 1939-1945 in the series Ministry of Supply: War Histories (1939-1945): Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 131/114
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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Flax
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- HIS 114
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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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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- Topics
- Resources
- Official publications
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4061455/
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Series information
BT 131
Ministry of Supply: War Histories (1939-1945): Files
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