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TCG Letter #2182
From
War Office
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
October 1939
Type
Autograph Letter
Transcript
Unknown
Tolkien is informed by the War Office that for the present he will not be called to work as a cryptographer. Hammond/Scull note that he will in fact not be called up to serve at all.
Chronology, p. 247
[1]
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Chronology, p. 247
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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017)
, p. 247
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