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Naval Headlines: convoy QP13 sighted off North Cape, convoy PQ17 expected off Jan...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/689
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This record is about the Naval Headlines: convoy QP13 sighted off North Cape, convoy PQ17 expected off Jan... dating from 1942 July 2 in the series Government Code and Cypher School: Signals Intelligence Passed to the Prime Minister,.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HW 1/689
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942 July 2
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Description (What the record is about)
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Naval Headlines: convoy QP13 sighted off North Cape, convoy PQ17 expected off Jan Mayen, June 30; Chinese report from Ankara denying rumour of Turkish-German agreement, June 29.
French ambassador, Washington: Chinese not happy following meeting with Churchill and Roosevelt June 24.
Japanese ambassador, Ankara: Allied reinforcements in Middle East, June 26.
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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)
- c/9907
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Intelligence
- Navy
- Middle East
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4463915/
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