C to EWT July 28 re activities of British Naval Attache Stockholm, EWT to arrange...

HW 14/132

1945 July 16-31

C to EWT July 28 re activities of British Naval Attache Stockholm, EWT to arrange via CIC; DMI to EWT July 30 re new post-war duties of DD (Y), in future to be responsible for all liaison between BP and WO; D of S WO to EWT July 29 re proposed recovery of printer links to BP, link to Kedleston to remain; GW Morgan, representing Brig Tiltman, to EWT July 31 re future application of traffic processing machinery; DD 1 to Hut 3 July 17 re comms broadcast, F Moore of Hut 3 to DD 1 July 24 re Hut 3 printer circuits, Moore to DD 1 July 30 quoting SIS's case for retaining Hut 3 printer circuit to Ryder Street; letter of thanks from WO to DD 1 July 26 following visit to BP by 2 officers of MI-3 July 24; paper by S/L GT Davies, tasked by DD 1 to submit draft proposals for re-organisation of Wing Cdr Smith's part of WTC, to be renamed WTC/TA, paper entitled"The Organisation of Traffic Sorting," Lt Col Webster for DD 1 to DD (AS) July 20 re French decodes and reports distribution; DD (AS) to Wing Cdr Smith of WTC July 21 re comms data for links from Aleppo, Syria; 2 letters from a Dr Walter Fricke of Hamburg Observatory and now a German POW, to Dr GC Mc'Vittie of Met Section, Mc'Vittie had corresponded with Fricke 1938-39; IE, headed by J de G, Moves from Hut 4 to Block D July 21, listing of new room and telephone numbers, order by J de G July 22 on new distribution for Stark-series political reports; Cdr Dudley-Smith of BP to Wing Cdr Badcock at Sigs 5 AM with unfavourable evaluation of Prof Room's met cypher, July 30; C to SLU Frankfurt July 16 re closure of SLU serving US forces in Frankfurt area, asks for safeguards for Ultra if closure agreed, reply July 17, DD 1 to C July 20 re SLU closure , Lt Col Hilles, senior USA rep at BP, to DD1 July 20 re procedures for distribution of Ultra to senior US officers after closure fo Frankfurt SLU; EWT to C July 26 with draft of letter to all members of SB arguing that high speed mobile comms unit be sent to Austria to facilitate sending to BP of Sigint taken there; Williams, at SLU 21 AG, to EWT July 23 re routeing of Stark-series reports for Maj Gen Lethbridge of British Element of Control Commision for Germany, EWT to Williams July 23, BP to Williams July 25 re Ultra servuce to Lethbridge, EWT to Williams July 28 requesting report by mid-Sept; EWT to 21 AG July 17 re routeing of Ultra, reply July 18; Barker at SLU 21 AG re SLU service to Europe July 26, visiting UK July 28, wishes to discuss future of SLU 8; Col Scott at 21 AG to DD (Y) July 25 requesting visit by DD (Y) with suggested program Aug 2-8, reply July 29, EWT agrees that AD (WTC) accompanies DD (Y) on tour of British Sigint units in Germany, reply July 30, DD (Y) and AD (WTC) to visit 21 AG, AD (WTC) to 21 AG July 31, unable to accompany DD (Y) during proposed dates, proposes later visit; 1 SWG Minden to BP July 25, 1 SWG to Wing Cdr Smith of WTC July 31 re BP officer going to 1 SWG to give log reading instruction; 30 WGI Section diagram of German Army P/L W/T links July 16; request by COMNAVEU for USNR officer to visit Captured Documents Section at BP July 26, Admiral Redman's approval required by BP, approval given July 28; EWT to Capt Wenger of OP-20 re BP reports on covert peace moves via Japanese Naval Attache Berne, reports being given extremely limited circulation; Lt Cdr Manson, USN TICOM rep at BP, to NEGAT Washington July 16, 2 US officers arrived London, to visit BP July 16, Manson to Ely in Washington July 17 re TICOM items, Manson to NEGAT for Ely July 20 with details of shipment of Baudot intercept gear from BP to Washington, Manson to NEGAT for Roeder July 20 re TICOM, Manson to Engstrom July 25 stating Campaigne left London July 24, Manson to Roeder July 28 suggesting Eachus should return Aug 15; BP to NEGAT for Lt Cdr Toplas, BP TICOM rep in OP-20-G, July 19 re specific FE intelligence items, SLU Washington to BP July 24 re signals for Toplas, Toplas to BP July 24 re liaison duties; BP to NEGAT for Capt Wenger from EWT and Rushbrook July 25 proposing to send Cdr AR Thatcher to FRUMEL to relieve Cdr Bromley, USN; BP to NEGAT for Capt Wenger July 28 re agreement made in Wenger's office on May 5; SLU Washington to BP July 16 re CNA cyphers, BP to OP-20-G July 29 re CNA text backlogs; BP to NEGAT July 23 re BSC comms link to Toronto; BP to SLU Washington July 24 re Japanese R/T, reports being sent to Washington from Colombo and BP AS; Washington to BP July 27 asking who will pay WRNS officer coming to work for Bodsworth in OP-20-G; SLU Washington to BP July 29 for Alexander of NS, US had issued 8-volume document on breaking of Enigma, SLU Washington to BP July 16 requesting Anderson includes US War Dept (MIS) in distribution of all intelligence research summaries, repeated by BP to Anderson July 21, BP to Anderson Colombo from CIC to Capt Keith requesting names of staff going to Melbourne, BP to Anderson July 20 re staffing, letter from Capt Keith, OC HMS Anderson, to EWT July 21 re entertainment allowance and request for DD (NS) to visit Anderson, Prof Plumb from BP NS expected shortly at Anderson, EWT to Keith July 31, Alexander arrived back at BP fro Colombo July 31 having had a week's delay in Cairo because of illness, BP to Anderson July 23 re service of tapes to BP, BP to Anderson July 24, Prof Plumb leaving UK for Anderson July 27, WO Hogarth leaving UK July 27 for Karachi, to fly on from Karachi to Colombo, BP to Anderson July 27 re comms channels from Anderson via BSC NY, refs to Hydra Y link; CBB to BP July 31, CBB HQ to be at San Miguel from Aug 1, Capt Nave to be I/C CBB Rear Echelon at Brisbane; from NEGAT July 21 re new procedures for BRUSA traffic from July 19; BP liaison with FRUMEL July 19-27; C-in-C Med to DNI July 16 re Ultra distribution of BP political reports on Levant, covering letter from CIC for C-in-C Med's request sent to DD 1 July 18, SLU or Naval link proposed as possible points, DNI to C-in-C Med July 20 re routeing of these reports via Naval link, CIC to DD 1 July 21 re supply of BP political reports to Med, service to start July 22; SBNO Holland to BN C-in-C G July 25 re possible illicit W/T comms by German merships

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