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Collection of BP Police Section GML reports and working aids, bound in two parts:...
Catalogue reference: HW 16/58
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This record is about the Collection of BP Police Section GML reports and working aids, bound in two parts:... dating from 1942 Nov - 1943 Nov in the series Government Code and Cypher School: German Police Section: Decrypts of German Police.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HW 16/58
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Date (When the record was created)
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1942 Nov - 1943 Nov
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Collection of BP Police Section GML reports and working aids, bound in two parts: GML 2-21 and 25-41 message extracts of interest Nov 1942-Jan 1943; GML 24 of Jan 7 1943 4 IS paper on value of Russian GP intercept; GML 104 of May 27 1943 GP reaction to Dambusters' raid on Moehne Dam; GML 112 report on GP Field Post Nos; GML 118 of July 19 1943 contains list of German POW camps with nationality of prisoners; GML 120 of Aug 1 1943 reports on Vomi organisation supporting repatriation of German settlers from Poland and Russia; GML 131 of Sept 9 1943 on GP anti-partisan operations in Russia Feb-Aug; GML 136 of Oct 15 1943 on GP reaction to RAF raid of Oct 9 on Hannover; GML 138 of Nov 12 1943 reports GP reaction to RAF raid of Oct 22/23 on Kassel; GP callsign lists are contained in GML 97,101,106,119 and 129; GML 65,71,99,116 and 132 are reports on GP wireless network; GML 113 and 130 give the GP order of battle. These last three categories of report will prove useful when reading the verbatim German language decrypts in pieces 17-43 above. GML1,3,7-9,11,15,21-22,27,30-31,38,45-46,49,51,53-56,58-64, 66-70,72-78,80-95, 98,102-103,109,114-115,133,137 and 139 all missing at transfer
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Held by (Who holds the record)
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GML 1-139
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Open Document, Open Description
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HW 16
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