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Decrypts of intercepted diplomatic communications. Abyssinia: 37914, 37991, 38036,...
Catalogue reference: HW 12/129
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HW 12/129
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Date (When the record was created)
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1930 Mar
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Description (What the record is about)
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Decrypts of intercepted diplomatic communications.
- Abyssinia: 37914, 37991, 38036, 38054, 38074, 38158.
- Afghanistan: 37871-37876, 37942-37950, 37954, 37998-38004, 38039-38049, 38061, 38075, 38091, 38119-38120, 38138-38156, 38164-38166.
- Albania: 37889.
- China: 37833, 37862, 37877-37880, 37905-37906, 37955-37956, 37992, 38005-38007, 38016, 38021, 38055-38056, 38067, 38092, 38128-38129.
- Egypt: 37834, 37957.
- France: 37835, 37854, 37863, 37896-37897, 37907, 37915-37916, 37919-37920, 37935, 37971, 38057, 38068, 38076, 38093-38094, 38100-38101, 38107-38108, 38113, 38130, 38159.
- Greece: 37917-37918.
- Hejaz and Nejd: 37818-37819, 37958, 38066, 38162-38163.
- Holland: 37820, 37864, 37898, 37921-37922, 37936, 37972*, *correction to 37972 after 37990, 38017, 38069, 38102, 38157.
- Iraq: 38050.
- Italy: 37821-37825, 37865-37867, 37890-37893, 37899-37901, 37908-37909, 37923-37926, 37937, 37993-37994, 38018-38019, 38022-38023, 38070-38071, 38077, 38086, 38095-38098, 38103-38104, 38110-38111, 38114-38115, 38131-38133.
- Japan: 37826-37827, 37868-37869, 37910, 37938-37939, 37973, 38024-38025, 38058, 38072, 38078, 38087-38088, 38109, 38116, 38134.
- Mexico: 37902, 38026, 38112.
- Persia: 37836-37843, 37870, 37881, 37894-37895, 37903, 37927-37928, 37959-37967, 38027-38032, 38059, 38062, 38073, 38079-38084, 38105, 38135, 38167.
- Soviet Union: 37844-37853, 37856-37861, 37882-37888, 37929-37934, 37951, 37976-37990, 38008-38015, 38015-38052, 38063-38065, 38089, 38121-38127.
- Trans-Jordan: 38050.
- Turkey (Angora): 37828-37829, 37904, 37911-37913, 37952-37953, 37968-37970, 37995, 38033-38035, 38053, 38060, 38085, 38090, 38106, 38168-38171.
- United States: 37830-37831, 37940-37941, 37974-37975, 37996, 38037-38038, 38117-38118, 38136-38137, 38160-38161.
- Yugoslavia: 37832, 37855, 37997, 38020, 38099. Note: For corrections and additions to 37832 and 37855, see HW 12/132.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4771007/
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Government Code and Cypher School: Diplomatic Section and predecessors: Decrypts...
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