The Wireless Experimental Centre was one of two overseas outposts of Station X, Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park

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, the British

United Kingdom

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 signals analysis centre during World War II

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. The other outpost was the Far East Combined Bureau

Far East Combined Bureau

The Far East Combined Bureau, an outstation of the British Government Code and Cypher School, was set up in Hong Kong in March 1935, to monitor Japanese, and also Chinese and Russian intelligence and radio traffic...

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Situated at Anand Parbat outside Delhi

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, it was staffed by members of the Intelligence Corps, the British and Indian armies and the Air Force. Under Colonel Peter Marr-Johnson, it was used partly as a wireless intercept station for Japanese codes. There were two outstations at Bangalore

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 and Barrackpore

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, and about 88 listening wireless sets around India, and several mobile Y-stations

Y-stations

Y-stations were British Signals Intelligence collection sites initially established during World War I and later used during World War II. These sites were operated by a range of agencies including the Army, Navy and RAF plus the Foreign Office , General Post Office and Marconi Company receiving...

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