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How Scarborough saved the world
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GCHQ's Scarborough station and its role in WW2, the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The work of GCHQ started just after the end of World War One as telegraph became a vital means of military communications. We hear from people who worked at the listening station in the Yorkshire seaside resort of Scarborough during World War Two and the Cold War. 麻豆社 security correspondent Gordon Corera reveals how Government Communications Headquarters 鈥� GCHQ - has been listening in for 100 years. And Gordon reveals the vital role played by the Scarborough station during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
(Photo: A general view of GCHQ Scarborough during a visit by Prince Charles in 2014. Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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