How the British and Americans started listening in

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By Gordon Corera  8 February 2016
 
A secret visit to Bletchley Park 75 years ago gave birth to an alliance between two British and US intelligence agencies which continues today.
 
It was late on 8 February 1941 when four Americans arrived at Bletchley Park. Black-out curtains made the mansion appear even darker. The journey of the four - known as the Sinkov mission after their leader Abraham Sinkov - had been stormy, dangerous and utterly secret.
 
Their arrival marked the opening courtship of what would become the longest standing - and occasionally controversial - intelligence alliance in history.
 
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                                             The recreated WW2 operations room at the Bletchley Park mansion
 
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