Re: Cipher Challenge - Fate of WWII Colossi

Sadly I have no primary source material on the fate of the Colossus machines.  It is widely believed that two machines made their way back to GCHQ and remained there until the 60's but it's hearsay I'm afraid.
Thanks for your good wishes on the fundraising.  We really hope that we get some serious interest from donors to the museum quickly.  It's vital for us to secure some short-term funding (up to £50k) to keep the momentum going while we search for the big money.
Andy

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On the subject of media reports, I have noted that some of these have 
included the story that all Colossi were broken up after WWII on 
Churchill's orders. Do you know if any primary source documents exist to 
bear this out? There are similar stories about re the bombes, and it has 
always seemed more likely to me that at least a few of both machines 
were moved with GCHQ to Eastcote.

Paul Gannon seems to have searched the archives on this aspect of 
Colossus pretty thoroughly (see end of chapter 23 of his book). However, 
he does not mention any orders from Churchill and says that "some" 
machines were retained.

If you can shed any light on any of this I should be most interested.

Best wishes,

John Pettifer (Guide at BP 1999-2004)
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