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Memorandum to the Prime Minister by Selwyn Lloyd on operation AQUATONE (UK involvement...

Catalogue reference: AIR 19/826

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This record is about the Memorandum to the Prime Minister by Selwyn Lloyd on operation AQUATONE (UK involvement... dating from 1956 May 14 in the series Air Ministry, and Ministry of Defence, Air Department: Private Office Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
AIR 19/826
Date
1956 May 14
Description
Memorandum to the Prime Minister by Selwyn Lloyd on operation AQUATONE (UK involvement in the American U2 spy plane overflights of the Soviet Union). Part 2 of 2
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
MR046069 F54/8
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Open Immediately
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Europe and Russia
Air Force
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Operations, battles and campaigns
Personal and family papers
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C592098/

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Air Ministry, and Ministry of Defence, Air Department: Private Office Papers

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