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British signals intelligence and the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland

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  • Bodleian Library, Oxford (BODL): Asquith Papers.
  • Churchill College Cambridge Archive Centre (CCAC): Hall Papers, Hankey Papers.
  • The National Archives (UK) (TNA): series ADM 137, 223, HW 3, 7.
  • Harvard University Library (HUL): Page Papers.
  • National Archives Canada (NAC): Record Group 25 f8.
  • The National Library of Ireland (NLI): MS 14,914.
  • Yale University Library (YUL): House Papers.

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