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Sigint from Commonwealth countries; plans for exploiting E at BP; liaison with French...
Catalogue reference: HW 14/2
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This record is about the Sigint from Commonwealth countries; plans for exploiting E at BP; liaison with French... dating from 1939 Nov-Dec in the series Government Code and Cypher School: Directorate: Second World War Policy Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HW 14/2
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1939 Nov-Dec
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Sigint from Commonwealth countries; plans for exploiting E at BP; liaison with French Sigint, correspondence with Captain Bertrand (Bertie); HC Kenworthy of GCCS assists Radio Security Service (RSS) in locating illicit transmitter on Reigate Hill, later claims reward for designing direction finding (DF) equipments in use by RSS; Sigint from sites in Northern Ireland; GCCS asks Air Ministry (AM) for more RAF Sigint positions; war establishment for GCCS Air Section (AS) with named staff in post; progress report on exploiting German military cyphers; liaison with Colonel Le Hardy of Chief Cable Censorship Department at Wormwood Scrubs
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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HW 14
Government Code and Cypher School: Directorate: Second World War Policy Papers
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Government Code and Cypher School: Directorate: Second World War Policy Papers
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