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This record is about the Ten-page document by EWT on developments at BP during his first 12 months as DD (S),... dating from 1943 Feb 11-20 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 14/67
1943 Feb 11-20
Ten-page document by EWT on developments at BP during his first 12 months as DD (S), Feb 18; EWT to C with comments on DMI's letter of Jan 29 to Chairman Y Board on future of UK Sigint; EWT to Heads of Sections Feb 14 requesting brief weekly summaries covering developments in their sections; paper sent to EWT listing additional sets required for 1943 by task, Feb 16; report to Lt Col Sayer from Kenworthy at Knockholt on state of German teleprinter processing there Feb 12, letter to Sayer from HT Hunt again complaining of way Kenworthy running Knockholt, Kenworthy to Sayer Feb 14 attempting to refute Hunt's complaints, Sayer to EWT Feb 15 summarising teleprinter situation at Knockholt and asking EWT to make final resolution to problem, further letter from Sayer to EWT Feb 18 on resolution of Knockholt problem, full responsibility for teleprinter collection and processing to be given to Kenworthy; Kenworthy to J Neale of PO Engineer-in-Chief's Office on interference experienced at PO Sigint station Brora, Feb 11: GHQ Home Forces to EWT suggesting reducing the weekly tests by BP detached Sigint party at GHQ to monthly and returning one of the 2 Type X machines at GHQ to BP with arguments for and against a similar party to accompany an overseas European GHQ; terminology for reporting messages of German Sigint organisation; CTR report for week ending Feb 19; minutes of conference at AM Feb 11 attended by HAS, DDI 4, AI 4 and OC RAF Cheadle on Sigint changes for Cheadle, AW Bonsall to HAS on proposal to move certain code processing from Cheadle to BP, PG Lucas to HAS with plans to re-organise SALU procedures and diary compilation and re-allocation of staff, minute from AS to AI 4(b) asking if changes acceptable to AM Feb 19, Lucas requests extra staff to help process analysis on air transport movements Feb 13, procedures involving AS and MR Freeborn's Machine Room for punching up records of transport aircraft wef Feb 1, distribution lists for new Air Operational Watch reports in CX/MSS/OPD,OPW,OPI OPO and OPZ series, report of AS visit to Bomber Command on Feb 9; BP report on transfer of cover from ME to Algiers and value of Sigint on Axis air movements in Med area, together with cover plan for Med, Balkans and Southern Russia; liaison with WO and AM; liaison with US, correspondence between EWT and Major Stevens in Washington mainly on Japanese naval but one item on French in ME; correspondence with CBME, EWT asks for priority air passage for Director Col Jacob to return to UK Feb 12, CBME reports build up of Sigint station at Tripoli in place of Benghazi Feb 16; Chairman Y Board to ACAS (I) AM on Sigint security questions concerning CBME; order dated Oct 14 1942 from Brigadier EE Mockler-Ferryman of Allied Forces HQ Office of the Assistant COS G-2 and endorsed by Lt Gen Eisenhower, on formation and duties of Allied Sigint sub-section of G-2 AFHQ
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