Ayios Nikolaos Station
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Ayios Nikolaos Station, (Also spelled Agios Nikolaos Station, Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος) is a British army station and part of in the British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia in Cyprus. It is connected by a road to the main area of the Dhekelia Garrison. The Joint Service Signal Unit (JSSU), formerly 9 Signal Regiment (2 Wireless Regiment pre-1959) and the Royal Air Force's 33 Signals Unit, is based at Ayios Nikolaos. This unit is a British Armed Forces run Government Communications Headquarters electronic intelligence gathering station.[1]
Note that Ayios Nikolaos or Agios Nikolaos is a very common place name in Greece and Cyprus since it is Greek for "Saint Nicholas".
[edit] External links
- ^ Jeffrey T. Richelson & Desmond Ball, The Ties the Bind: Intelligence Cooperation between the UKUSA Countries, Unwin Hyman, Boston/London and others, 1990, p.194 note 145.
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