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Department of Communications to Bletchley Park, an estate and
mansion in Bletchley, a town in Buckinghamshire about 50 miles
northwest of London. It is far and away the most history-redolent black
chamber of all. The British, of course, trace the land from a Roman
encampment, through its award by William the Con-querer to Bishop
Geoffrey of Constance for services rendered at the Battle of Hastings,
down on through the ownership of various lords (most notably the two
George Villierses, first and second dukes of Buckingham) and rich men
of decreasing interest. A mansion was first built on the land in the 1870s
and added to repeatedly; the Foreign Office, finding this too small, added
many buildings, including a cafeteria and a large hall. Eventually 7,000
wonced and trained there, including members of the armed services.
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Britain urges cryptographic discipline
The War Office expanded its M.I