Catalogue description Paper from WG Welchman to Lt Col Sayer recommending transfer of Capt Lewis's TA party to...

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Details of HW 14/58
Reference: HW 14/58
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Paper from WG Welchman to Lt Col Sayer recommending transfer of Capt Lewis's TA party to Hut 6; WG Welchman's summary of his training syllabus for new girls to be employed in the three main areas of Hut 6; EWT writes to MI-8 complaining about treatment of Y Service in WO, too much basic general signals mentality and not enough specialist Y, minute from EWT to C on insecurity of French cyphers still being used in North Africa after armistice with Allies, EWT reprimands Cdr Saunders for sending letter criticising state of Sigint channels direct to Chairman of Y Committee by-passing EWT, confidential report on Cdr Saunders by EWT, sent to Cdr Loehnis at Admiralty; letters from Professor ER Vincent to AD (S) at BP and P Loxley of FO on his possible move to PWE, Sir Alexander Cadogan at FO writes to EWT on impending transfer of Vincent at BP to Italian Section at MWE Woburn, reply from EWT Nov 19 stating Vincent had changed mind and wished to remain at BP; AGD's summary of diplomatic tasks being intercepted and processed by Washington, New Delhi and Melbourne; staff recruitment and retention, correspondence with Oxford University; careless talk security investigations, security vetting procedures; meetings on outgoing comms from BP ordered by C, Cdr Saunders to represent EWT, C subsequently considers standing committee unnecessary but Chairman Y Committee still responsible and Chairman will consult with appropriate officers as required, paper on distribution of Sigint, recommending expansion of SCU system; UK Sigint expansion; minute from Col Tiltman to EWT criticising US cypher procedures; Lt Col Sayer to MI-8 on low priority given to date on works' contracts at WOYG, reply from Sigs 4 via MI-8 Dec 18; pay of AS personnel, tasks for named staff and staffing requirements for parts of AS, AS report of Research and Exploitation Nov 1-15, typing arrangements for BMP report from AS, weekly RAF cover returns for BP; RAF jamming of GAF night fighter comms; NS Memorandum No 94, Report on RFP Identities; complement of Wrens for Stanmore, WRNS postings, Old Rectory North Crawley Bucks requisitioned as accommodation for Wrens Dec 16; new hostel for BP female civilians, located just outside main gate, to open Nov 23; letter from HC Kenworthy at Knockholt to Lt Col Sayer at BP giving operating characteristics of German non-morse equipment, Tunny cover at St Albans; DOE between RSS and BP, liaison visit to RSS Hanslope planned for Nov 24, to RSS Barnet Nov 27; French Resistance decodes send by AD (S) to MI-6; requirement for telephone link between BP and Wick; details of certain PO Sigint operators employed at Brora and Sandridge, report on PO technicians working for BP; selection of candidates from Eire for ISSIS Course; DF Coordination Meeting Dec 20, Dr Barfield appointed as consultant to DF Coordination Section Dec 17, figures of merit for DF stations at Chacewater and Helston, new operators for DF Exchange to visit RSS Barnet and BP, maintenance of HF Adcock DF stations; copy of captured German Army frequency chart; list of Sigint world-wide addresses and signal prefixes; submarine cable arrangements to serve Allied bases in NW Africa; UK Sigint assets in ME and PAIFORCE; Sigint associated with Allied landings of Nov 8 in Morocco and Algeria, Vichy instructing French forces to fight to the last; liaison with US War and Naval Departments, Admiralty signal to Navy Department on German instruction to U-boats not to attack in given zone, probably that taken by outward bound blockade runners, EWT's correspondence with Maidment and Bayly of BSC NY and with Major Stevens in Washington, Stevens signals EWT Nov 20 on future meeting of Combined Intelligence Sub-Committee in Washington on Dec 1 to discuss proposal of British Joint Chiefs for mutual vetting of Allied cypher systems, correspondence between Stevens and Col Tiltman and AGD at BP, letters between Kendrick in Ottawa and AGD, correspondence with CBME, AS gives RAF Sigint effort in Med area to Director CBME Nov 15, BP support to 351 WU Gibraltar, some personnel to move from Gibraltar to Algiers, 380 WU to open up in Algiers; liaison with Col Crankshaw in Moscow, no Sigint cooperation by Soviets since Oct 2, Crankshaw wishes to threaten withdrawal of UK Sigint representative from Moscow, meeting at Polyarnoe between RN, RAF and Soviet Naval Sigint representatives Nov 15; liaison with South Africa, Capt Sandwith RN visits South African DDMI in Pretoria Nov 20; liaison with Shaw in Kilindini, Merry in Melbourne, GOC West Africa, AF HQ West Africa Freetown, 371 WU Freetown, AM and WO; BP EP, CX/MSS/S 32 Reported Locations of German RDF Apparatus in North Africa, EX/SALU 12 GAF Operations in Areas of Air Fleets 3 and 5, SDE/TS6 German Experimental Activity Oct 1942, CX/MSS/ZTPG/87615 (1699/2) Italian Admiral to Command Axis Liaison with French Navy at Toulon, summary of SALU 3G output and terms of reference May-Nov 1942

Date: 1942 Nov 11-20
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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