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Government Communications Headquarters
GCHQ is one of Britain's three major Intelligence Agencies. GCHQ works
in partnership with the Security Service (MI5)
and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
to protect UK national security interests.
GCHQ is responsible for providing Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and information
assurance.
Its main customers are the UK Government and the Armed Forces.
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GCHQ started life as GC&CS (Government Code & Cipher School) during WWI.
During WWII, they established a major codebreaking operation at
Bletchley Park (which is now a museum).
Immediately after WWII, in 1946, the name was changed to GCHQ and eventually
moved to Eastcote. In 1951, GCHQ moved to Cheltenham, where it still is
today.
The image on the right shows the current GCHQ headquearters in Cheltenham (UK)
at the point where the building was nearly finished in 2003.
The building is nicknamed 'the Doughnut'.
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The GCHQ logo is composed from a blue British Crown,
a red and a grey arc in 3D,
and the letters GCHQ in blue below the Crown.
It is not available in a higher resolution.
Click the logo to go straight to GCHQ's website.
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