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Minutes of JCC and BPC; armed defence of BP, including FO files on this subject,...
Catalogue reference: HW 14/18
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This record is about the Minutes of JCC and BPC; armed defence of BP, including FO files on this subject,... dating from 1941 Aug in the series Government Code and Cypher School: Directorate: Second World War Policy Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HW 14/18
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1941 Aug
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Minutes of JCC and BPC; armed defence of BP, including FO files on this subject, general security at BP; BP Mess Committee, food complaints; salaries of BP civilians compared with much higher Services' pay; Cdr MG Saunders of Hut 3 writes sharp letter toCapt Ridley on building expansion plans around Hut 3, EWT responds to Saunders threatening him with dismissal should he ever again communicate with outside authorities in such a way; problems of Dr GC McVittie's Met Party in AS, minutes to HAS, met Sigint from Dunstable; establishment of Traffic Office at BP, more staff required; paper by HNS on shortage of typists and suggestions for improvement, reply from Cdr Saunders; Hollerith record keeping; paper by 4 IS on need for more cover on German military and police manual cypher systems; security vetting of BTM employee; MI-6 to take over RSS from Aug 29; no future visits by outsiders to BP without prior approval of Head of GCCS; lengthy report on German SS, covering Russian Front and SS extermination operations in Russia; procedures for GAF reconnaissance aircraft when shadowing Allied vessels and convoys; codeword prefixes for Axis cypher traffic when sent by Type X to BP, internal distribution of incoming material to BP; contingency communications for linking BP with Whitehall; lack of Admiralty support for Service intelligence officers at BP; vulnerability of Polish cyphers used in communications from London to Lisbon and Berne; Sigint exchange with Dutch in Far East (FE); liaison with Canadians and proposed Sigint liaison with Russia; correspondence with CBME, dissemination of Sigint in ME, ME intercept totals by country, agenda and minutes from meeting at AM with Senior Intelligence Officer (SIO) ME
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Open Document, Open Description
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Government Code and Cypher School: Directorate: Second World War Policy Papers
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