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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

Misc: Letter from Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty to Commander in Chief, America and West Indies Station, 1953


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 16

Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

Title: Misc: Letter from Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty to Commander in Chief, America and West Indies Station, 1953

Date(s): 1953

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 item

Name of creator(s): Sir John Gerald Lang

CONTEXT

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CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Copy of typescript letter sent by Sir John Gerald Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty, to V Adm Sir William Gerrard Andrewes, Commander in Chief, America and West Indies Station, regarding the efficiency of the cryptographic staffs of HMS SUPERB and HMS SNIPE during naval operations in the Antarctic, 13 Apr 1953

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Acquired by the Centre in 1981

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: Date of compilation: Oct 1999


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security
Military communications | Group communication | Communication process
Military exercises | Higher science education
Military operations | Military engineering
Ships | Vehicles | Transport
Warfare | Military engineering
International relations
Military organizations

Personal names
Andrewes | Sir | William Gerrard | 1899-1974 | Knight | Admiral
Lang | Sir | John Gerald | 1896-1984 | Knight | public official

Corporate names
HMS Snipe
HMS Superb
RN | Royal Navy x Royal Navy

Places
Americas
Antarctica
Caribbean