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Photograph of the Jubilee Singers
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Series
Government Code and Cypher School and predecessors: Personal Papers, Unofficial Histories,...
Catalogue reference: HW 3
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HW 3
This series contains correspondence, working papers and initial drafts of both official and unofficial histories of British signals intelligence (sigint).The records focus on prominent individuals and events, such as the deciphering of the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HW 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- Government Code and Cypher School and predecessors: Personal Papers, Unofficial Histories, Foreign Office X Files and Miscellaneous Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1914-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence, working papers and initial drafts of both official and unofficial histories of British signals intelligence (sigint).
The records focus on prominent individuals and events, such as the deciphering of the Zimmerman telegram of January 1917 which was instrumental in persuading the United States of America to enter the First World War, and the transfer of the Metropolitan Police signals intelligence unit to Government Code and Cypher School control. The series includes a number of Foreign Office files concerning the transfer of the School to its control with details of its administrative history, and papers of WF Clarke, head of the Naval Section of the School in the inter-war years.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Admiralty, Government Code and Cypher School, 1919-1922
- Foreign Office, Government Code and Cypher School, 1922-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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188 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1995 Government Communications Headquarters
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9282/
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