Naval Miscellaneous Papers October-December 1944 These papers, collected by Frank...

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1944 Oct 01-1944 Dec 31

Naval Miscellaneous Papers October-December 1944

These papers, collected by Frank Birch, Head of Naval Section, reflect the organisation and operations of Naval Section and negotiations with the U.S. Navy on Sigint operations against the Japanese naval target.

• 11/10/1944 Memorandum to confirm points agreed between Admiral Redman and Captain Hillgarth (Colombo).
• 16/10/1944 Memorandum for Capt. J.N. Wenger U.S.N. from F.L. Birch.
• 17/10/1944 Special British-U.S. Meeting
• 18/10/1944 (Director's comments to C.S.S. on above).
• 17/10/1944 Naval Section, GC&CS and the Far Eastern War.
• 17/10/1944 Proposal for the agreement between GC&CS and NEGAT on Japanese cryptanalytic tasks.
• 20/10/1944 Director to C.S.S. [agreement with OP-20]
• 22/10/1944 Comments on Holtwick [views on Admiral Redman's reorganisation].
• 21/10/1944 A view of U.S. objectives.
• 23/10/1944 An agreement between GC&CS and NEGAT on Japanese cryptanalytic tasks.
• 1/11/1944 Russian interception procedure (see also 3/11/1944).
• 8/11/1944 [New German u-boats].
• 15/11/1944 British and U.S. sigint organisation for Far Eastern war.
• 16/11/1944 Russian naval W/T traffic.
• 19/11/1944 [U-boat research in Naval Section].
• 20/11/1944 Titles of Acting Captain A. H. Hillgarth R.N. (see also messages of 22/11/1944 and 1/12/1944).
• 20/11/1944 Procedures for reporting Kurier intelligence [u-boat short signal related].
• 24/11/1944 Director GC&CS to Director of Naval Intelligence [on difficulties of implementing Eastern Fleet's communications agreement with the U.S.Navy and on the importance that Sigint Board should handle policy and general sigint arrangements with the U.S.].(For reply see 28/11/1944).
• 1/12/1944 [BRUSA changes].
• 3/12/1944 Report by L.J. Hooper following his visit to India on the sigint organisation of Air Command South East Asia.
• 7/12/1944 Future of Colombo (by F. Birch). (See also Travis's letter of 11/12/1944).
• 11/12/1944 Developments in the German naval machine cypher situation and introduction of high speed transmission.
• 14/12/1944 Director of Naval Intelligence on use of one time pad by u-boats.
• 21/12/1944"Kurier" [German u-boat short signal transmissions].
• 30/12/1944 Notes on the sigint organisation in South Pacific area [by L.J. Hooper].
• 30/12/1944 Director to O'Connor, Washington [Seeks Wenger's views on future role of Anderson].
• 31/12/1944 From C. in C. British Pacific Fleet: American organisation.

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