Read The Secret Life of Bletchley Park Online
Authors: Sinclair McKay
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Robin Denniston,
Thirty Secret Years
(Polperro Heritage Press, 2005)
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Aileen Clayton,
The Enemy Is Listening
(Hutchinson, 1980)
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Denniston,
Thirty Secret Years
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John Herivel,
Herivelismus
(M & M Baldwin, 2008)
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Jack Copeland,
The Essential Turing: Seminal Writings in Computing, Logic, Philosophy
(Clarendon, 2004)
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Penelope Fitzgerald,
The Knox Brothers
(Macmillan, 1977)
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Herivel,
Herivelismus
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Peter Twinn, interviewed by the BBC
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F.H. Hinsley and Alan Stripp,
Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park
(Oxford University Press, 1993)
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This memo and many other communications from Dilly Knox are in the National Archives
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Gordon Welchman,
The Hut Six Story
(Allen Lane, 1982)
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Baroness Trumpington, interview conducted at Bletchley Park by the BBC
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Stuart Milner-Barry, quoted in F.H. Hinsley and Alan Stripp,
Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park
(Oxford University Press, 1993)
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Irene Young,
Enigma Variations: A Memoir of Love and War
(Mainstream, 1990)
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Memos on billets, National Archives
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John Herivel,
Herivelismus
(M & M Baldwin, 2008)
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Ruth Sebag-Montefiore,
A Family Patchwork: Five Generations of an Anglo-Jewish Family
(Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987)
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Sir Anthony Quayle,
A Time to Speak
(Barrie and Jenkins, 1990)
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William Millward, address to an Enigma symposium, Bedford, 1992
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F.H. Hinsley and Alan Stripp,
Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park
(Oxford University Press, 1993)
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Peter Twinn, quoted in Michael Smith,
Station X
(Channel Four Books, 1998)
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Peter Calvocoressi,
Top Secret Ultra
(Cassell, 1980)
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Marian Rejewski, quoted in Hugh Skillen,
Enigma and Its Achilles Heel
(Pinner, 1992)
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F.L. Lucas, quoted in
Enigma: The Battle for the Code
(Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2000)
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Memo from Dilly Knox to Alistair Denniston, National Archives
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John Herivel,
Herivelismus
(M & M Baldwin, 2008)
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Gordon Welchman,
The Hut Six Story
(Allen Lane, 1982)
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Memo from Alistair Denniston, National Archives
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Jack Copeland (ed.),
The Essential Turing: Seminal Writings in Computing, Logic, Philosophy
(Clarendon Press, 2004)
5
Memo from Dilly Knox, National Archives
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Memo from Dilly Knox, National Archives
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Welchman,
The Hut Six Story
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Aileen Clayton,
The Enemy Is Listening
(Hutchinson, 1980)
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Andrew Hodges,
Alan Turing – The Enigma
(Burnett Books, 1983)
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Gwen Watkins,
Cracking the Luftwaffe Codes
(Greenhill, 2006)
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Captain Frederick Winterbotham,
The Ultra Secret
(Purnell Books, 1974)
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Andrew Hodges,
Alan Turing, The Enigma
(Burnett Books, 1983)
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F.H. Hinsley and Alan Stripp,
Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park
(Oxford University Press, 1993)
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Memo from Frank Birch to Edward Travis, National Archives
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Correspondence between Dr Dunlop and Commander Bradshaw, National Archives
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Quoted in Paul Gannon,
Colossus – Bletchley Park’s Greatest Secret
(Atlantic, 2006)
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Peter Calvocoressi, interviewed by the BBC
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Aileen Clayton,
The Enemy Is Listening
(Hutchinson, 1980)
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Clayton,
The Enemy Is Listening
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Captain Frederick Winterbotham,
The Ultra Secret
(Purnell Books, 1974)
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R.A. Ratcliff,
Delusions of Intelligence: Enigma, Ultra and the End of Secure Ciphers
(Cambridge University Press, 2006)
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Roy Jenkins,
Churchill
(Macmillan, 2001)
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Josh Cooper’s account, National Archives
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Recruitment documents, National Archives
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Lord Dacre, interviewed by Graham Turner,
Daily Telegraph
, 2000
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Quoted by Marion Hill,
Bletchley Park People
(The History Press, 2004)
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Hairdressing facility memos, National Archives
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Joan Murray, quoted in
Enigma: The Battle for the Code
(Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2000)
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Jack Copeland (ed.),
The Essential Turing: Seminal Writings in Computing, Logic, Philosophy
(Clarendon Press, 2004)
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Hugh Alexander, quoted in
Enigma: The Battle for the Code
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Asa Briggs, foreword to Gwen Watkins,
Cracking the Luftwaffe Codes
(Greenhill Books, 2006)
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Memos concerning staffing, National Archives
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Superintendent Blagrove, quoted in Marion Hill,
Bletchley Park People
(The History Press, 2004)
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Irene Young,
Enigma Variations: A Memoir of Love and War
(Mainstream, 1990)
2
Memos concerning Bletchley food, National Archives
3
Memos concerning tea consumption, National Archives
4
Memo from Captain Ridley concerning tea, National Archives
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Memo from Denniston concerning tea, National Archives
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Memo concerning Wren recruitment, National Archives
2
Documents donated by Felicity Ashbee to the Imperial War Museum
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Documents held by Imperial War Museum
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Gordon Welchman,
The Hut Six Story
(Allen Lane, 1982)
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Quoted in Marion Hill,
Bletchley Park People
(The History Press, 2004)
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Lecture to Sidney Sussex College given by John Herivel, 2005
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Lecture to Sidney Sussex College given by John Herivel, 2005
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Welchman,
The Hut Six Story
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Peter Calvocoressi,
Top Secret Ultra
(Cassell, 1980)
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Edward Thomas, essay in F.H. Hinsley and Alan Stripp,
Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park
(Oxford University Press, 1993)
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R.A. Ratcliff,
Delusions of Intelligence
(Cambridge University Press, 2006)
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Kim Philby,
My Silent War
(MacGibbon and Kee, 1968)
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F.H. Hinsley and Alan Stripp,
Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park
(Oxford University Press, 1993)
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P.W. Filby, addressing an Enigma symposium, 1992
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Robin Denniston,
Thirty Secret Years
(Polperro Heritage Press, 2005)
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Denniston,
Thirty Secret Years
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Philby,
My Silent War
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Gordon Welchman,
The Hut Six Story
(Allen Lane, 1982)
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Ralph Bennett, essay in Hinsley and Stripp,
Codebreakers
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Hugh Skillen,
Enigma and its Achilles Heel
(Pinner, 1992)
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Hugh Denham, quoted in Michael Smith,
The Emperor’s Codes
(Bantam, 2000)
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Michael Loewe, essay in Hinsley and Stripp,
Codebreakers
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Maurice Wiles, quoted in Smith,
The Emperor’s Codes
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Michael Loewe, essay in Hinsley and Stripp,
Codebreakers
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Hugh Denham, quoted in Smith,
The Emperor’s Codes
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John Winton,
Ultra at Sea
(Leo Cooper, 1985)
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Edward Thomas, quoted in Hinsley and Stripp,
Codebreakers
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Aileen Clayton,
The Enemy Is Listening
(Hutchinson, 1980)
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Ralph Bennett, essay in Hinsley and Stripp,
Codebreakers
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Memos about blocks, National Archives
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Hugh Alexander, quoted in Enigma:
The Battle for the Code
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S. Gorley Putt, quoted in Margaret Drabble,
Angus Wilson: The Biography
(Secker and Warburg, 1995)
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Jon Cohen, interviewed by the BBC
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Wren interview, Bletchley Trust Archive, quoted in Marion Hill,
Bletchley Park People
(The History Press, 2004)
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Michael Howard,
Times Literary Supplement
, autumn 2009
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Barbara Abernethy, talking to Michael Smith,
Station X
(Channel Four Books, 1998)
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Andrew Hodges,
Alan Turing – The Enigma
(Burnett Books, 1983)
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Peter Calvocoressi,
Top Secret Ultra
(Cassell, 1980)
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Telford Taylor, essay in F.H. Hinsley and Alan Stripp,
Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park
(Oxford University Press, 1993)
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Christine Brooke-Rose, quoted in Smith,
Station X
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Harry Fensom, addressing an Enigma symposium, 1992
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American soldier, quoted in Marion Hill,
Bletchley Park People
(The History Press, 2004)
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Asa Briggs, foreword to Gwen Watkins,
Cracking the Luftwaffe Codes
(Greenhill Books, 2006)
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Gordon Welchman,
The Hut Six Story
(Allen Lane, 1982)
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John Winton,
Ultra at Sea
(Leo Cooper, 1985)
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Memo from H. Fletcher, National Archives
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Gordon Welchman,
The Hut Six Story
(Allen Lane, 1982)
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Memo to Nigel de Grey, National Archives
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Memo from Nigel de Grey to Colonel Wallace, National Archives
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Memo to Mr Fletcher, National Archives
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Internal memos, National Archives
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Letter from Nigel de Grey, National Archives
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Letter to Nigel de Grey, National Archives
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Peter Calvocoressi,
Top Secret Ultra
(Cassell, 1980)
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Kim Philby,
My Silent War
(MacGibbon and Kee, 1968)
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Henry Dryden, essay in F.H. Hinsley and Alan Stripp,
Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park
(Oxford University Press, 1993)