BP paper prepared for C on Sigint advantages to be gained from destruction of land-line...

HW 14/76

1943 May 11-20

BP paper prepared for C on Sigint advantages to be gained from destruction of land-line and/or cable comms between Italy and Sicily May 20; Wing Cdr Jones orders dummy Sigint reports from Hut 3 to obscure reduction in reporting following decrease in Axisactivity in Med May 11; minutes of meeting at RSS between HAS and Commandant Black of French Y Service in N Africa May 15 on UK/French Sigint exchange, copy to C; AS paper on moving certain GAF processing from Cheadle to BP; FO PID officers request visit to BP May 21; liaison with Major Stevens in Washington and exchanges between AD (S) at BP and EWT visiting Washington, with ETOUSA, Melbourne, WO and AM; WO agrees to use of Belgian Sigint unit in N Africa May 19; correspondence with Acting Director CBME and AF HQ Algiers, Dryden suggests Sigint liaison with South Africa, minutes of meeting at Algiers May 13 to discuss reorganisation of RAF Sigint in Med and N Africa, summary of exchanges on proposed moves of Sigint stations in N Africa, formation of 329 Wing from a reinforced 380 WU with personnel drawn from 276 Wing and 371 and 381 WUs; WO reports WO Sigint station Kedleston operational May 13 but denied by BP May 17; results of Sigint trials at Capel, Surrey, May 13; minutes of RAF Sigint Station Commanders' Conference at AM May 14; MI-8 to Lt Col Sayer at BP on respective duties of Col Scott (DDMI ME) and Major Carr, I/C Comms Section at BP; BP DEGS reporting service to 2RSS on German Secret Service, distribution of BP MSE-series reports, AS report on GAF night-fighter signals procedures, another on GAF FW 200 recce over Bay of Biscay, Japan requests Siemens teleprinter from Germany for Tokio-Berlin link, US report on performance of UK model of German teleprinter sent from RSS to Kenworthy at Knockholt May 14, last ME Weekly Sigint Report of present campaign for period May 8-12 including surrender of Axis forces at Tunisian bridgehead, MI-8 criticism May 15 of Lt Col Crankshaw's report of May 10 on German Armies facing Allies on Western Front with updated version of BP report, Crankshaw replies May 17

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