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Nationalisation of Cable and Wireless

Great Britain · Economy / Telecommunications. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1947Date range
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Chronological records

1947

Wilfred Paling1 January 1947

London · Economy / Telecommunications

Cable and Wireless enters public ownership under the postwar nationalisation programme.

Names involved

Wilfred Paling

Provenance

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