EWT's Private Secretary to Major Wills July 3 stating EWT agrees RSS Barnet should...

EWT's Private Secretary to Major Wills July 3 stating EWT agrees RSS Barnet should receive copies of BP's Texta reports, EWT to HNS on holiday in Clovelly, Devon, July 9, refusing his request for official transport to return him to BP, Sigs 4 at WO to EWT July 11 re circuits to Bishops Waltham, Beaumanor, Kedleston Hall and Forest Moor, EWT to Col Bicher of ETOUSA July 12 thanking him for his congratulatory letter of July 3 and also thanking Bicher for his role in supporting UKUSA Sigint operations in UK and W Theatre; DD 1 to IE July 3 re attached AS distribution list for amendments, DD 1 to Wing Cdr Childs, Secretary of SIB, July 5 with draft memo for JIC on protection of Sigint when official war histories were written, Childs sends amended copy of minutes of meeting of Special Committee of SB held June 22 to DD 1 July 6, subject being protection of Sigint during writing of WW II Histories, Secretary of SB to Secretary JIC July 7 covering SB paper on use of Sigint by official historians; DD 1 order July 9 on discontinuation of all work on Fish, EWT to be contacted before machines dismantled, Fish sections to be wound up; AD (WTC) to DD (Y) July 3 re diplomatic and commercial printer intercept at Forest Moor and Beaumanor; AD (WTC) to EWT July 8 giving arrangements made to cover Sayer's responsibilities during his absence from BP July 10-22; paper by HC Kenworthy of Knockholt to EWT and DD 1 July 5 on extension of FO Y stations in Post-War Period, listing all FO stations and proposed increases in Sigint positions; AD 2 to DD (Y) July 10 re inspection of German printer equipment at SRDE Christchurch by Kenworthy from Knockholt and Capt Ericsson from BP MW; DMO to DD (AS) July 6 re captured German met station at Quickborn; IE to Latin Sub-section of AS July 10 with amendments to AS distribution lists, confirming DD 3 had taken over duties of DD (C) at Berkeley St and US Liaison Officer Lt Col Telford Taylor had been replaced by Lt Col Hilles; AI 4 b report of July 12 on"Exercise Postmortem," a radar exercise in Denmark June 25-July 1 demonstrating GAF techniques and equipment that had been employed against RAF raids, RAF provided simulated intruders for demonstration, exercise attended by various RAF officers and Mr WR Cox of BP AS, 8-page report of July 15 by Cox detailing exercise; historical reports of July 1 on Bulgarian Military Attache and Bulgarian Police traffic; NS listing July 1 of all RIPs held in NS; list of candidates dated July 9 for NS III New Entrants' Course with program of lectures; Lt Col Brown at 21 AG to DD 1 July 2 stating task at 21 AG almost complete, TICOM arrangements completed, to return to UK at end of week if Col Scott agreed, DD 1 replies July 4 agreeing Brown's return to BP; exchanges between Brown and AD (WTC) re cover at 1 SWG Minden July 4-6; Lt Col Winterbotham at 21 AG to AD (WTC) July 10 re tasking of Taper comms; 1 SWG to BP July 6 for Gp Capt Winterbotham re missing document destruction certificates from DF stations at 3 SWG and Strasbourg; 1 SIC replies to 7 SIC Tarcento July 7; SLU 21 AG gives official address to AD (3) July 8 for Brig ET Williams, BGS (I) at 21 AG, July 10 again to AD (3) re clearances of PA to Col DG White of 21 AG; SLU SHAEF (Rear) to AD (3) July 6, USSTAFchanges to USAFIE, (US Air Forces in Europe), Sigint clearances for its OC, Lt Gen Cannon; SLU Frankfurt to Hut 3 July 14, Lt Col Hilles visiting Frankfurt from BP decides to close down the SLU there, Hilles to Wing Cdr Crawshaw and Mitchell at BP July 15 confirming closure plans, Capt Kellog at SLU Frankfurt to Mitchell at BP July 14 asking for all courier material for Kellog to be held until Hilles returns to BP; 30 WGI Section diagram of German Army W/T links July 9; EWT and DD (NS) to Alexander visiting HMS Anderson, Colombo, re back decodes from FRUEF, July 1, EWT from Capt Keith at Anderson July 6 re future repatriations from Anderson, EWT's Private Secretary to Cdr IC July 8, copy to DD (NS), with draft reply to Keith's signal which EWT will discuss with DNI; Col O'Connor to EWT July 5 with memo from Capt Wenger apologising for OP-20-G action with FRUEF in June, reply July 9; EWT to Capt Keith of HMS Anderson July 14, wishes Prof Plumb to visit Anderson during first 2 weeks of Aug; Newman at FRUMEL to EWT July 15, FRUMEL interested in CNA messages from Australia; Anderson to EWT and DNI July 15, FRUMEL had arranged for loan of one RN officer and one Wren from Anderson to help decrypt Japanese Naval messages on spot; BP to FRUMEL July 3 re RN officer appointments; CIC to Newman at FRUMEL July 4 re CIC's signal to CBNIET, reply July 4; CBNIET at FRUMEL for DNI July 6 re RN officer appointments in FE; Blagrove arrives at BP July 6 from Anderson; BP to Anderson and FRUMEL July 6 re OP-20-G instruction on withholding names of Allied POW's from Sigint reports, BP to Anderson July 7, all BP traffic for SLU SACSEA to be routed via Anderson wef July 9; BP to Anderson July 14, consulting Bath to help solve equipment problem for Anderson; EWT to Capt Wenger July 15, BP giving extremely limited distribution to Japanese Naval Attache Berne's message to Tokyo of July 6; Major JR Cheadle, BP's integree in SSA, to EWT July 5 with copy of minutes of 2nd UKUSA meeting on Combined Sigint held at SSA Arlington Hall June 29, Gp Capt Jones, Col O'Connor's successor in Washington, to be present at next meeting on July 20; Lt Cdr Chalkley, BP integree in OP-20-G, to BP July 6 re new MIS Daily Work Report, similar to BP NS Daily Output; SLU Washington to BP July 11 with list of points to be raised in discussions between NS and Bodsworth before Bodsworth returns Washington at end of BP visit; BP to NEGAT July 15, Vance, visiting BP from Washington, compiling detailed letter to Washington re TICOM, Manson at BP to Ely at NEGAT July 15 re TICOM message from Vance, Manson to Engstrom in Washington July 15, captured German comms equipment being flown to Washington by US Naval aircraft; SLU Washington to BP July 9 re discussions on Army/Navy shipping broadcasts; Admiralty NID 4 Report No 1002 of July 10, Positions and Status of Major Units of Japanese Fleet; Admiralty upgrades its CB 4377 Guard Book and Fascicule from Confidential to Top Secret July 11 after US protest at Sigint compromise; Rear Adm JW Clayton to Sec SB July 1 further to meeting on Sigint histories of June 22, Ds of I do not agree that GCCS should play major role in histories and consider it should be on equal footing to Ministries. See also HW 14/107

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