Staffing problems at BP; weekly status reports on resources for E intercept; weekly...

HW 14/23

1941 Nov 16-30

Staffing problems at BP; weekly status reports on resources for E intercept; weekly staff returns for BP showing gains and losses, list of likely academic candidates for work at GCCS, GCCS bid to Treasury for significant increase in establishment, Dilly Knox's recruiting programme for GCCS; listing of Traffic Office staff at BP, including those on loan; letter from HAS to ACAS (I) on future of Met Party and problems with its staff, to remain under Met Office or transfer to GCCS; HAS summarises all current problems involving AS and gives suggested solutions; delays in handling material in Hut 3; dissemination of Naval Sigint; WRNS officer to be appointed in charge of all Wrens working for GCCS in BP area; morale boosting minute from C to Huts 3 and 6; further controversial letter from Dilly Knox to AGD from sick-bed, conciliatory reply from AGD; new uniform rules for French officers at BP following recent security incident in Northampton area, in future wearing of uniform not allowed in that area; critical report on PO Sigint station at Sandridge by T Janes, working for Kenworthy; disposal of register cards from BP in 6 ton lots; elements of 6 IS to move to BP, case for upgrading female computors at 6 IS; Sigint from Denmark Hill; EWT to visit Kidbrooke where UK secure communications developed, including Type X; test paper for recruiting RAF Sigint analysts, then known as computors; mutual thanks and best wishes as Gp Capt Blandy leaves Sigint liaison post in AM; liaison with Canada, Oliver Strachey to leave BP in December to become GCCS's first representative in Ottawa, present Head of Canadian Sigint organisation Yardley now persona non grata and to be told on Dec 9 that no more Canadian funds available for him or his bureau; report on status of breaking Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Hagelin cyphers; C queries possibility of increasing cover of Turkish communications; correspondence with Indian Army Sigint Centre at Abbotabad; correspondence with CBME, 3 more captured E machines making 6 in all, routing of diplomatic material from ME via cable censors; RAF Comsec, GCCS to organise police watch on RAF communications, RAF air/ground code

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