MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 1946

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
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• Publication Date: October 15, 1946
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15 Cctobor 1946
SU:3JL.CT: Monthly Activity Report, September 194G
TO: The Director
pl~C; Chief, Communications Division
I. CO,,.TI11I.i';1;TAL USA
A. Activities during the month of Septombor wore largely
concerned with tho liquidation of present SSU commitments
and the arrangements for a transfer of functions to the
oquivalent'uni.t within the Central Intelligence Group..
Consistent with the imminent change, liaison channels
are being established with all major CIG components:
A special report on the status of the Central-South
laaerican project has boon, submitted. to the Director.
Several factors have combinod'to slow our rocruiting
of Communications personnel, but it is believed that
sufficient ratio operator-tocranicians will be procossod
to complete the Co: rm nications portion of the ,overall
decision has boon, roacrfod relative' to
mrnitn;ont. 'l, o
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which must be established in Continental
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u.its nocossitato,d by the pre oc.t.
USA to :handle;, the radio cir(,
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FBI, the'. Coxriunzcati,oris Division is procur
ich trill replace than turnoa overi : the.FBI to our
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operatoes -in Central' nand South lraoryoao C'emmu-u aotzons has
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received from tho-?Chief, i'BT? E. sehedule
dates ' for :acti.vation of the various.,stations.
personnel. :-Three :additional departmental clerks have been
recruited te.facilitate the procaNsirg of personnel
necessary :to meet': the 'large c.orrrnitmonts in trie'.I oar mast
Central''and South America. Recruitment is nocos-
d
it
rn
sarily proceeding slowly both because of the time expended
in processing forms and-becauso.of the difficulty which
the Division is having in .'interestin . skilled?tocl~ni.cians
stablished specific jobs,,- An attempt
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High`: mortality in : securi cy investigations an
introductory interviews held in 17ashington.
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Attached, as Inclosuro 1,, is the Monthly Strength Report,
showing total civilian and military personnel assigned
to the Communications Division as of 30 September 1946.
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D. Signal Security Control. Direct .cipher communications
lirvo been successfufiy established with
25X1 A during the past month. In
curing the month of Scj tcm;;bcr, an additional thrco
25X.1 to:sphere a d taro} radio. oA~crator3 srcz-c ron;t: to
raid one ciyutc~z t~hc1'.to ~ Transportation
for the addition Ll ' or. j)tot r L )-:cr autnoz izcd for 25X1 A
is scheduled for mid_4 ttobor and four cryptographors 25X1A
arc now being trained for assignment to - At the
request of .CBE, the Co:a-canications Division recruited.
an enlisted man who will sorve with the newly-organized
he will bo trained in all aspects of
Co;mzunications procedures and is duo to depart about
15 November.
C. Cporations, An additional officer has boon assigned to
operations* He is assisting with the planning of the
Near East and South tjaerica note and with the allocation
of personnel and equipment for the activation of those
nets.
addition ehon.es in procedure have been initiated with
25X1A In coop JAd with State Department,.
the new cable payment plan, has been activated.for
all outgoing ',~ashington traffic to SSU stations using
State covor.for their communications, ` and incoming traffio
from elevon out of fifteen stations in the field is also
covered,
.semi-overt and overt areas.
'Tho Cipher. Training School has trained ten Communications
personnel, t:vo radio operators, and thirteen special
Desk personnel who will perform . Communications.duties in
.. T..`essa ? Center, In micl-Soptom2541Aome delay in the
reception and tr ansmission of -traffic was
experienced duo to the typhoon which damaged Navy
facilities c25M , a main relay point for all our traffic
to and from Normal service has now.been restored.
Total traffic handled by the Washington Message Center
increased from a total of 244,988 groups during the month
of August to 291,717 groups for the month of September.
This represents an increase of twenty per cent in total
volume. Attached, as Inclosure 2, is a chart showing
total traffic handled for the period 1-30 September.
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thorn is 11oiIiaiato t^ro ;poc"L 0f rcj'lacc:ae.nt.. f1clivi"ty
Fi he "i ~rcho11:3O 1S, toa.dily 1ncro~3i"1a1- duo`.$6 he ^CtI-
V l ] 0I1 0.1'. pa'O~OCt.r ]'oquLr)]l- CQiiL''~LiI1lC~1;~:]ons, oquIpillont.
"oscarch?a1d 11^JnCGZ'1]1~, -1lio 1iUlLcat, IOno?.'c1If nOo is noZ1
ME I y rovidn g tochn'ioal
on ~~":.:A c: cu?y au1?.y, in
S: 1 hi'OCl 'C;":C]lu Ol:i;1'O~.w All '? Lvy `orsoruiol have bron
aus.iai ice]. c,r1uOZtc'd by 25X1A
those which.'.are available ar,o ro ,sui o
at
mado; thus far the only suitable uitos hav9 boon unavailable and
'- d - - our present require-
u
U-0 secure a definite site to house no now Co,> .unica ior..,
Tho Col.imunieations Officer and the Radio Offi2&XtAi.' Europa have
conducted cxtonsivc survc;ys of proper25A1Pai
including, the Si 1( ros School at weather
st~x~Aaorth of. and a former installation
At this date, a final choice as not boon
o
f
G,ll"lC?-L.1t1 Or 1
in the Jri Lod S rates Action has boon initiated
nit
t'
o^tblishmo,nt o# ranrSSU Co;r unications' Cantor
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2 r~IA raunications training is being coordinated with V;ashington.
F Courses in radio operation and cryptographic work are
being organized as a'part of th25MAE1.11 agent training program
-. -- -- ~>- r h 7 1 vember.
ciiilianizod on or about 15 October. Roplacoracnts have boon
reauostod for an additional EM and for two civilians. The
civilian replacements have been recruited and are now in
training in YIachington.
e with any ossiblo or.orgonoy before the completion
co
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p
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of the Conu-unicatiOns Cot 1 ontioned above, a radio station
has boon established at The emergency station
consists of one transmitter, two roceivors, a shop for testing
and repairing equipment, an a5Xpacking g room.
Communications with-has been successfully
opened and arrangements have boon completed to install T'1!X
stations in 1A 25X1 A
Two enlisted men in the -Message Center are being
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i+o outstanding change. During Soptoziber one radio operator,
a Diesel Engineer, b53K'Ao Actin; Chief of the Near East
not??ork arrived in An additional engineer and
operator will leavo in oar y October.
whereby those stations'not adequately staffed "u. P1000"
t
The chr.ngeovor from , 5~61k~avy facilities for. traffic
bo t wcon Tlashington and""was accomplished without
incident or delay in communications* Traffic delays were
noted in mid-Septom+ber as a result of the- storm. which damaged
relay facili125X1A Guam. There have been no changes in the
radio not in_ during the past month. 25X1A
During August and September, Communications, _ lost three
25X.krs and throe civilians but gained one officer (Captain
Coy, Munications Officer ).0 and nine civilian
radio operator-technicians and cryptographic. clerks, In addition
to the personnel which arrived from USA, four ex-marines were
recruited in the theater. and, when security has been received,
they ;'rill be assigned where needed as radio 'operators. The acute
shortage of radio toohziicians-is being temporarily met by a plan
t recrzivo
periodic visits of t?cnniclans.from headquar ars..
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6 27
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SSU Coded Traffic Relayed
Through ;;ashington
SSU Coded Traffic Oribi~',
In or Destined for Washington
Plain Text Domestic Telegrams
(Wire Room)
603 105,817
269 30,803
20 706
0UTs,'ARD TOTAL,
..'.SGS GR;PS MMSGS GRPS
890 09,987
409 .55,110
77 1,434
1,693 205,804
678 85,913
97 2,190