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Piece
Lecture folder STS 103; part I
Catalogue reference: HS 7/55
What’s it about?
This record is about the Lecture folder STS 103; part I dating from 1943-1944 in the series Special Operations Executive: Histories and War Diaries: Registered Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HS 7/55
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Date (When the record was created)
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1943-1944
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Description (What the record is about)
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Lecture folder STS 103; part I
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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)
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31A/1
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- 'SOE syllabus: lessons in ungentlemanly warfare World War II'; introduction by Denis Rigden (The National Archives, 2004), is primarily a reprint of files to be found in HS 7/55 (and HS 7/56)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6103280/
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Series information
HS 7
Special Operations Executive: Histories and War Diaries: Registered Files
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Special Operations Executive: Histories and War Diaries: Registered Files
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Lecture folder STS 103; part I
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