Minutes of meeting held at BP on Mar 23 and attended by key BP personnel and representatives...

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1942 Mar 21-31

Minutes of meeting held at BP on Mar 23 and attended by key BP personnel and representatives from WO, AM and Admiralty, detailed report on visit by DMI, Major General FHN Davidson, to BP on Mar 27; request from AD (S) to Section Heads asking for staff togo to a 2-watch system, enabling all sections to be manned 0900 - midnight; BP communications; Bombe processing hours for period Mar 1-25 by E key family, list of all E keys by area illustrating respective values to Allied intelligence; list of German Army and AF codes showing extent of exploitation and types of intelligence gained, WO E priorities; cypher research problems, ISOS and ISK cypher problems; staff for GCCS and Hut 3, reorganisation of work in Hut 3 with request for increased RAF establishment, recruitment of service personnel for Hut 3; AM reprimands HAS for his views on increasing RAF complement in AS for tasks which AM considered could be done by civilians; terms of reference of the Phoenix Section; immediate Sigint reporting to be done by SALU Section, SALU reporting changes; proposed new form of daily activity report for semi-processed material; GCCS visit to PO station at Whitchurch, found to be indescribably filthy; PO technicians to be transferred to BP; detachment of BP officers to GHQ for Sigint exercise; HAS's course assessment for No 3 Special Intelligence Course held for first time at No 50 Signals Depot, Newbold Revel, Mar 16-28; further requisitioning of accommodation for BP Wrens at Wavendon House, Wavendon; report on captured intercept documents of German Sigint Service with comments by AW Bonsall and PG Lucas of BP; liaison with South Africa and with Australian Sigint organisation at Melbourne, Sigint liaison with Colombo, correspondence with censor in Mauritius; BP correspondence with West Africa Command, correspondence with CBME, Type X Sigint channels to Alexandria and West Africa, liaison with Gibraltar, 7-page report from Director CBME on developments and problems in Bureau, sent with Captain Dryden on liaison visit to BP, comments by AGD on Lt Col Jacob's report, tip-off service from Cheadle to ME, HAS's comments on officer selection for ME Sigint units; correspondence for SIS and SOE; RAF Sigint personnel overseas requirements for 1942, proposed establishment for new Sigint Wing in ME and personnel listings for Sigint units in course of formation, Cheadle comments on personnel listings for these units; proposal to commission in RAF all T/Junior Assistants at Cheadle; deployment of Army operators in UK, additional sets at Harpendon; GCCS criticism of lax RT security by RAF aircraft en route to or operating from Malta, suggestions for improvement

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