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GCHQ was established in 1946 as the successor to the [Government Code and Cipher School]? (GC&CS) which had been the government Sigint organisation since 1919, running Bletchley Park during WW II. Initially based on London in 1953 GCHQ was moved to the outskirts of Cheltenham?, setting up two sites - Oakley and Benhall. It was not officially avowed until 1983. |
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GCHQ was established in 1946 as the successor to the [Government Code and Cipher School]? (GC&CS) which had been the government Sigint organisation since 1919, running Bletchley Park during WW II. Initially based on London in 1953 GCHQ was moved to the outskirts of Cheltenham?, setting up two sites - Oakley and Benhall. It was not officially avowed until 1983. The following year GCHQ was the centre of a political row when the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher prohibited its employees from joining a [Trade Union]?, nominally in the interest of National Security. The ban was eventually lifted by the incoming Labour government in 1997. |
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