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File Folder 7: Ultra, Fortitude., 01/01/1985-12/31/1985

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 28
Identifier: 90251

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains the research and subject files, interview tapes, including transcripts, and related material of the noted writer and journalist Larry Collins. Included in this collection are the materials for Collins' five collaborative works with French journalist and writer Dominique Lapierre, as well as the three novels he authored alone. The collection has been arranged chronologically according to the dates of publication for his works. The collectins holds material related to all of Collins' nine books, excluding his compilations of Lord Louis Mountbatten's papers.

Dates

  • 01/01/1985-12/31/1985

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 47.75 Linear Feet (22 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Container Summary

Contains file folder 7 of the typed notes, photocopies, and related material compiled by Larry Collins during his research for Fall From Grace (c. 1985), also referred to as Projet "La Chatte," regarding the role played by Ultra, the name given to British decrypting of enemy cipher traffic using Enigma, in the Fortitude operation.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

FALL FROM GRACE - LC FILE FOL 7 RE ULTRA, FORTITUDE: Typescript

COLLINS, LARRY - FALL FILE FOL 7 RE ULTRA, FORTITUDE: Typescript

ULTRA - FALL FILE FOL 7 RE FORTITUDE ROLE: Typescript

FORTITUDE - FALL FILE FOL 7 RE ULTRA ROLE: Typescript

DECRYPTING - FALL FILE FOL 7 RE ULTRA, FORTITUDE: Typescript

HARMER & ROBERTSON - FALL FILE FOL 7 INTRVW NOTES RE ULTRA, FORTITUDE: Typescript

ULTRA - FALL FILE FOL 7 HARMER & ROBERTSON INTRVW NOTES RE FORTITUDE: Typescript

ASTLEY, JOAN BRIGHT - FALL FILE FOL 7 INTRVW NOTES RE ULTRA, FORTITUDE: Typescript

ULTRA - FALL FILE FOL 7 ASTLEY INTRVW NOTES RE FORTITUDE: Typescript

BENNETT, RALPH - FALL FILE FOL 7 INTRVW NOTES RE ULTRA, FORTITUDE: Typescript

ULTRA - FALL FILE FOL 7 BENNETT INTRVW NOTES RE FORTITUDE: Typescript

FLEETWOOD-HESKETH, R - FALL FILE FOL 7 INTRVW NOTES RE ULTRA, FORTITUD: Typescript

ULTRA - FALL FILE FOL 7 FLEETWOOD-HESKETH INTRVW NOTES RE FORTITUDE: Typescript

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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