Catalogue description Government Code and Cypher School: Summary Reports, Second World War in the Far East

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Reference: HW 44
Title: Government Code and Cypher School: Summary Reports, Second World War in the Far East
Description:

This series contains summaries describing the war against Japan in the Far East, and its immediate aftermath, based on decrypts of intercepted messages from mainly Japanese diplomatic, military and naval sources. The summaries show the influence of intercepted messages on the prosecution of the war.
Date: 1944-1945
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Foreign Office, Government Code and Cypher School, 1922-1946
Physical description: 9 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

In 2002-2004 Government Communications Headquarters
Selection and destruction information: All surviving summaries were selected under Acquisition Policy criterion 2.2.1.3, documenting the progress of the war in the Far East as shown through intercepted and decoded messages.
Accruals: Series is not accruing

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