AD (S) to C Jan 19 with covering note for C's copy of the updated list of BP reporting...

HW 14/96

1944 Jan 16-31

AD (S) to C Jan 19 with covering note for C's copy of the updated list of BP reporting series as at Jan 1 1944; Henry Maine at HQ to AD (O) Jan 18 on special switchboard required by Williams with lines to PO Sigint stations for his cover control role from Berkeley Street, clash between cover control roles of Williams at Berkeley Street and Colman of BP WTC, Lt Col Sayer to AD (O) on BP switchboard policy Jan 27, letter from H Townshend at PO HQ, St Martin's le Grand, to AD (O) Jan 22 requesting release of PO Sigint operators for PO coastal stations, request initiated by Sir Thomas Gardiner, PO to Sayer on call-up of PO Sigint operators Jan 27; progress report to EWT from MHA Newman of Machine Room, Colossus to arrive Jan 18; EWT to Chairman SIB on Polish Sigint unit Jan 30; minutes of meeting at BP Jan 19 with Major Gen Whitefoord, Col Scott and Gp Capt Winterbotham to discuss Sigint support to the Western Front during and following invasion of France, Winterbotham to AD (S) Jan 23 with JIC decisions on Sigint service to SHAEF 21 AG and 1st US AG, minutes of meeting at BP Jan 23 on dissemination of medium and low grade Sigint to Western Front customers with chart of traffic flow within BP Jan 25, Jan 27 more detailed minutes of BP meeting of Jan 23 and Sigint service to A Force in Cossac, minutes of meeting at BP Jan 24 with Col Scott and Col Bicher of ETOUSA on US Sigint plans for Western Front, Col Scott to Lt Col Sayer at BP, Draft Directive for I (s) G-2 Intelligence Div HQ AEF, Head of Sigint Section with title DDMI (Y) and US colonel as Deputy, list of functions of Sigint Section Jan 29, DD (Y) to SIB on WO Sigint plans for Overlord and tactical DF network Jan 29; draft versions of DD Serial Order on Lt Col Crankshaw's GTA Section Jan 27 following earlier paper of Jan 6; minute to Lt Col Sayer from JS Colman Jan 18 after visiting Beaumanor and Bishops Waltham, interference there from Col Balmain, new Chief Signal Officer Special Wireless at WO; Lt Col Ellingworth to WTC Jan 24 with update on developments at Beaumanor; Major Sawdon to Forest Moor Jan 19 on suggested times for DR runs; internal WTC memo on recording test at Beaumanor Nov 22 1943; BP plan for co-operation between BP and SIS ETOUSA for solution of low grade codes and medium grade cyphers Jan 24, requests from Lt Col Telford Taylor, USA, detached at BP, for circulation of certain BP reports to his US contingent and for named US officers to be included on certain BP committees and study circles Jan 25, agreed by EWT; Col Bicher, USA ETOUSA to EWT Jan 27 on follow-ups to Sigint agreement of June 1943 between British and US Governments, US personnel being trained on Bombes at BP and Stanmore, new training program to start at Eastcote; Colman of Hut 6 to Lt Col Sayer on Chicksands' relationships with AM and BP Jan 28; notes on meeting of Jan 31 chaired by Welchman on Bombe tactics for breaking Porpoise; Jan 28, reporting policy on GP E when it came into service on Feb 1, Gp Capt Jones to EWT Jan 29 recommending that all GP E should pass through Hut 3; Handel Edwards' report on Capel passed on by HAS Jan 16 to DDI 4 at AM, AS regulations for handling of Hutment and Tentage MSS Sigint sent by AS to Service addressees Jan 18, HAS to Gp Capt Jones Jan 18 giving most common overseas addressees for himself and his subsections Jan 18, HAS to DDI 4 concerning staff problems, WAAFs to OCTU, problems with BMP production, AS agenda for meeting on Jan 20 on support role of Kingsdown with detailed Appendixes A, B and C, HAS to DDI 4 Jan 24 on visit to AS by Paynter of Bomber Command, comments on AS BMP and DISTAC reports, handling of Naval Z MSS Sigint by Air Index/Air Operational Watch Jan 25, AS theory that German Anne-Marie music broadcast contained GAF related intelligence instructions Jan 26, minutes of AS meeting at BP Jan 28 on actions to be taken by AS and Cheadle in event of expected GAF major c/s change Jan 28, AS paper Jan 30 on handling of GAF major c/s change; MI-6 Section V interest in captured German codes Jan 29; partial copy of FO Draft German Armistice, signed by JM Troutbeck Jan 28; paper by GSI(s) Lt Col Wallace of HQ 21 AG Jan 31 on exchange of Sigint after Overlord between 1 SIC in NW France and 7 SIC in W Med; minutes of meeting at Broadway Buildings on Jan 13 under chairmanship of Gp Capt Winterbotham on Sigint channels for Crossbow and Overlord Jan 18; AM and HQ ETOUSA agree that GAF met recoveries be sent to US Sigint site at Foggia Jan 20; finalised document on Sigint Organisation for AEAF Jan 20; DD (Y) to SIB and BP on creation of new post of Chief Signal Officer Special Wireless Jan 21; Chicksands' cover return for w.e. Jan 22; paper by OC RAF Kingsdown on frequency measurement Jan 30; AS explanaation of new BMP report lay-out Jan 17; ISTUN Abwehr reporting series distribution policy Jan 25

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