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Cyprus: internal security
Catalogue reference: AIR 8/1921
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This record is about the Cyprus: internal security dating from 1956 in the series Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Department of the Chief of the Air Staff: Registered.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- AIR 8/1921
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1956
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cyprus: internal security
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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)
- ID3/416/7 Pt 3
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C512606/
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AIR 8
Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Department of the Chief of the Air Staff: Registered...
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