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Government Code and Cypher School: Naval Section: Reports of German, Italian, French,...
Catalogue reference: HW 18
What's it about?
HW 18
This series consists of records of the Naval Section comprising reports on German, Italian and French naval activity and on German, Italian, French and Spanish naval communications during the Second World War period, based on signals...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HW 18
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Title (The name of the record)
- Government Code and Cypher School: Naval Section: Reports of German, Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese Naval Decrypts
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1938-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of records of the Naval Section comprising reports on German, Italian and French naval activity and on German, Italian, French and Spanish naval communications during the Second World War period, based on signals intelligence. The series includes traffic analysis carried out against German navy communications and correspondence between Spain and its attachés in Berlin and Rome. The series also includes Portuguese navy material.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Updated descriptions of the records HW 18/243–297 were gratefully received from a reader Mr Walter Cloots (May 2011)
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Government Code and Cypher School, Naval Section, 1924-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 450 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1999 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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9297/
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