During a speech at Bletchley Park on Thursday 18th October, the Foreign Secretary William Hague 
announced three joint initiatives between the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and GCHQ.
Alongside funding for the restoration of Bletchley Park and the announcement of the new apprenticeship scheme for intelligence officers, William Hague formally launched this year's National Cipher Challenge at the event. I accompanied the Head of Mathematics of the University of Southampton to the event as guests of the director of GCHQ and had the pleasure of meeting a number of Bletchley veterans as well as current members of the intelligence services.
As a result the competion has made the press internationally, who are fascinated by the "spy kids" angle and the "school for spooks" so you are all now famous as apprentice spies and you should all feel very proud of Å·our achievements.
All the best, Harry
