Catalogue description Government Code and Cypher School: Naval, Air and Military Sections: Reports of Spanish Military and Civilian Activity

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Title: Government Code and Cypher School: Naval, Air and Military Sections: Reports of Spanish Military and Civilian Activity
Description:

Contains intelligence reports compiled from decrypted signals and other sources relating to the Spanish Civil War and to the Second World War. The series includes a very small amount of material on French and Portuguese naval forces. The reports are largely based on messages decrypted by the Government Code and Cypher School either verbatim or quoted in summaries produced by other intelligence organisations such as Air Staff which probably also contain information from other sources.

Date: 1936-1945
Arrangement:

Former reference order

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Government Code and Cypher School, Air Section, 1936-1946

Government Code and Cypher School, Army Section, 1930-1946

Government Code and Cypher School, Naval Section, 1924-1946

Physical description: 27 volume(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1998 Government Communications Headquarters

Selection and destruction information: Entire series selected
Accruals: Series is accruing

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