EWT's 4 pages of comments on DMI's letter of Jan 29 to Chairman of Y Board on way...

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1943 Feb 21-28

EWT's 4 pages of comments on DMI's letter of Jan 29 to Chairman of Y Board on way forward for UK Sigint, paper by EWT on control of static Sigint stations by GCCS Feb 23; AD (S) to C with two BP reports on Abwehr recce unit operations in North Africa, featuring Von Griesheim and and Felmy Feb 25; FL Lucas to AD (S) on distribution problems with certain CX/MSS/S.. reports incorporating German Secret Service material; revised draft by AD (S) on signalling and distribution of Sigint sent to C with copies to DMI, DNI and ACAS (I); AD (S) decision on provision of duties of Lt Cdr Haslam between NS IIIN and Hut 3; WG Welchman of Hut 6 to EWT with suggestion for training some 100 US personnel at BP to supplement Allied intercept and processing with a year's trial before US either developed its own centre or became fully integrated at BP; AS notes on GAF low grade traffic intercept and exploitation in Med Feb 23, AS to DDI (4) criticising Sigint support from 276 Wing to 380 WU Algiers done without authority of GCCS Feb 27, AS comments on ME Italian cover situation; notes by Wing Cdr Jones of Hut 3 on meeting at Whaddon on Feb 25 on UK Sigint channels and dissemination and security of Ultra materal with notes for EWT; paper by Central Party of Hut 3 on W/T I; PS report on current state of GP messages being intercepted and decrypted Feb 25; report by HC Kenworthy of Knockholt on FO Sigint stations, including PO and Metropolitan Police, listing operators and sets Sept 1-Jan 31, prepared for Secretary YC Feb 23, Kenworthy to EWT Feb 27 asking him to approach Commissioner of Metropolitan Police for more PCs to operate Sigint positions at Denmark Hill, EWT asks Col Sayer Feb 28 to prepare draft letter from C to Commissioner; Codfish cover to be transferred from St Albans to Knockholt Feb 22; liaison with WO and AM; correspondence with CBME and Kilindini; exchanges between EWT and Major GG Stevens in Washington; exchanges with French in ME, Y Board agrees to exchange of Italian raw material; copy for EWT of GHQ correspondence with Lt Col Bicher of ETOUSA Feb 17-25, Bicher attempting to obtain duplicate copy of intercept logs from British Army Sigint units in UK; phone nos and locations of GHQ Int (s) at Rotunda as at Feb 25; exchanges between Wing Cdr Jones of Hut 3 and S/L Mapplebeck in ME on Sigint support for ME, also EWT to Mapplebeck Feb 22, Col Scott in ME to Sayer at BP on Sigint channels in ME Feb 25; WO GS to DD (Y) at MI-8 on ME AFHQ Algiers intelligence arrangements with 18 Army Group; WO appoints Col Scott DDMI (Y) ME I/C all fixed military Y stations in Med area Feb 27; signal from Chairman YC to Chairman YNA Committee Algiers authorising small packages of Sigint to be flown by air from ME to UK; proposed tasking for 351 WU Gibraltar

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