EWT orders details of new GCCS reorganisation to be sent to Director CBME Lt Col...

HW 14/29

1942 Feb 15-28

EWT orders details of new GCCS reorganisation to be sent to Director CBME Lt Col Jacob in Cairo, to Shaw in Colombo, to Strachey in Ottawa and Hastings in Washington; EWT asks FO if new AD (A) Cdr Bradshaw can become an FO official; AGD asks C whether PMand FO would wish him to pass back decrypted diplomatic traffic to US as US censors were passing all neutral diplomatic raw traffic to us for processing; EWT paper on reorganisation of Military and Air Force work at BP; re-allocation of rooms at BP, Diplomatic Section to move from Elmers School to Wavendon and ISOS/ISK and Italian Military Section to replace it at Elmers; new Mess Committee meets on Feb 28 chaired by AD (A); minutes of Hut 3 Committee meeting chaired by AD (S) confirming implentation of new orders, suggestions for improving record keeping and TA in Hut 3, GSO 2 to be appointed as military representative in Hut 3, new orders for Hut 3 RAF personnel by Wing Cdr RH Humphreys with covering note to EWT; sorting of raw material at BP wef Mar 1, order on subject from EWT; letter to FO requesting Treasury funds for Kenworthy's research work into German teleprinters; traffic flow statistics for BP Cypher Office; telephone and teleprinter lines into BP, BP telephone security; cyphers for UK Sigint channels; contingency plan for taking over PO diplomatic cover positions for military tasks in event of invasion of UK; proposed totals of Sigint positions by target country by end of 1942; C requests limited distribution for ISOS/ISK messages referring to Allied agents, BP standing orders for handling of ISOS/ISK material tip-off service in advance of reporting, (SO Nos 1-5); possible security breach by visitor to BP visiting man in Hut 14, the Cypher Office; report by Dr Jones on radio direction finding (RDF) with comments by AW 3 (Bonsall); technical radio equipment from PO; RAF Air Cdr to visit BP and inspect new WAAF hostel at Shenley Park; course reports for No 2 Sigint Course at Buckingham Feb 3-13, RAF Sigint courses, previously held at Buckingham to be held at 50 Signals Depot RAF Newbold Revel; WRNS postings; new UK representative to Moscow for Sigint liaison with Russians, liaison with South Africa, liaison with Free French Sigint; correspondence with CBME, mainly between HAS and Director CBME, ME Censorship Service providing diplomatic traffic for GCCS, GCCS correspondence with 51 WIU Gibraltar, AM representatives from DDI 4 to visit 51 WIU, Comsec violations by Free French in ME; use of Sigint by MI-8; DMI asks EWT for more Sigint on Axis plans for Russia and ME; Naval Y Service expansion progress report for Jan/Feb 1942; DDI 4 orders visit to Dunstable Met Sigint Unit to look for ways of improving analysis liaison with BP; expansion of RAF Sigint in Levant and Iraq; feed back to operators at RAF Y stations, Sigint security lecture; signals plan for GAF units in Norway; German Abwehr links to German legations and consulates

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