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Reports on GAF Western Front Defences. Missing at transfer
Catalogue reference: HW 13/70
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This record is about the Reports on GAF Western Front Defences. Missing at transfer dating from 1942 Mar 1-1942 Aug 31 in the series Government Code and Cypher School: Second World War Intelligence Summaries Based.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HW 13/70
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942 Mar 1-1942 Aug 31
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Reports on GAF Western Front Defences. Missing at transfer
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- PEARL/ZIP/BMP 1-83
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- Open Document, Open Description
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