COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT , SEPT. 1946

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• Publication Date: October 15, 1946
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Monthly Activity Report, Soptombor 1946
The Director
F:R0,:: Chief, Co,-x unioations Division
ILL GIB
I. C01:TIi1'11.;UTAL USA
A. Activities during the month of September wore largely
in era;. ess,. for: the actuarl`aperbtion of the, net r.ork, wall
t:"nen,the base eta lion quosti;on his ;been .;deaidod, ..plans, now
USA to-'hand le;, the -radio c r.rvits . n?cossi'# ato.d by 'tho project,.,
the base facilities which must be established ,in Continental
concerned with the liquidation of present SSU commitnonts
and the arrangements for a transfer of functions to the
equivalent unit within the Central Intelligence Group..
Consistent with the imminent change, liaison channels
are boing.established with all major GIG components.-
Pi special report on the status of the Central-South
Iiorican project has boon, submitted. to the Director.
Several factors have combinod ' to slow our recruiting
of Communications oorsonnol, but it is boliovcd that
sufficient radio operator--technicians will , beprocessed
to cor:rploto the Co:nmwniceti.ons portion of the overall
commitment. To, decision has, boon'roacrod relatiyo' to
received from tho'?;Chief, FBT, a sohedule, of.,the:'.estimated
operators in Central and South .P?mor oa. ` Co;rimun.ioations has
FBI, the' CQ.1,=unicati'ons i)ivic3.on is procuring ;radio equip
m,en?t ~rhich trill replace' that'.tarried. over. by the FBI to our
dates for_ activation of the v-arious .stations.
is being Ada ;to ,;screen' .porn:ori el ; a n.' the field to avoid the
high mortality insecurity investigations and in the
introductory interviews hold in Washington.
at the salaries ostablished';for, spodifio,'jobs..-An attempt
Personnel. Three.additional departmental clerks have been
recrutioj to facilitate the proc.ssi11g of personnel
noco:;; aryto meet .-the' 'large. gommitmon.ts .in ' the' .Near Nast
and in Central rind South America, Recruitment is neces-
sarily proceeding slowly both because of the time expended
in-processing forms and because. of the difficulty which
the Division is having in interesting.skilled.technicians
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inuring the month of Soptcmbcr, an additional throe
rrrL~to rnpi:crs ?rci t,:o radio. oj&$Xo ,.~cro ?cn:t: to
25X1A II arid one crypto-ruphui? to Trnnsportat-Lon
Attached, as Inclosuro 1,, is the Monthly Strength Report,
showing total civilian and military personnel assigned
to the Communications Division as of 30 September 1966.
C. Operations, An additional officer has boon assigned to
Operations. Ho is assisting with the planning of the
Near East and South America nets and with the allocation
of personnel and equipment for the activation of those
nots.
is scheduled' far ;,,id-Cc'tabcr and four cr ypto graphors
arc now being trained for assignment to At the
request of 1'BZ, the Cos.,munications Division recruited
an onlistod man who will servo with the newly-organized
25X1 A he will be trained in all aspects of
ornzunica' ions procedures and is due to depart about
15 November.
D, Sign l Security Control., Direct cipher communications
25X1A 1 o been successfully ostablishad with
during the past month. In
addition ohasz os in procedure have boon initiated with
25X1A In cooperation with State Department,
e now Qa e payment plan,.II has been activated,for
all outgoing Y `ashin ;ton traffic to SSU stations using
State oovor.for their communioations,'and incoming traffic
from in the field is also
covered,
The Cipher. Training School has trained ton Communications
personnel, t;vo radio operators, and thirteen special
Doak personnel who will perform , Communications. duties in
25X1A
E. Mesa e. Center. In mid-September, some delay t eA
? reception and transmission of IItraffic
experienced duo to the typhoon which damaged Navy
facilities on Guam, 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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25X1A
25X1A
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25X1A
25X1A
25X1A
25X1A
-- l:i ;r:~^?:. o the ~.: CY _,.. raf c during July arcl
t, an .CIC:1 t'lonal c0i4~1'.,L:1Oat1Or'i3 clork was p1,ocossod for
and arrived in late Scptembcr.
^'ro dctachmont at ,."arsoillos has boon officially
1 ., a
closed. Traffic withl1 is no longer relayed through
It directly with 'iiashin ton.
Traffic has increased by 500 over the months of
July and "august.
III. N1 AE EAST
i,o outstanding change. During Soptonbor one radio operator,
a Diesol Enginocr, and the Actin; Chief of the Near Last
not?.york arrived in 0 An additional engineer and,
operator will loavo in early October.
IV.. FAR EAST.
The choingoovor from 11x7ny to Davy facilities for traffic
between Washington and II was accompli shod without
incident or delay in communications. Traffic delays were
noted in mid-Septomber as a result of the storm. which damaged
25X1Aroiay facilities on Guam. There have been no changes in the
radio not in0 during the past month. 25X1 A
lost three
Cor^;nunications,
car
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an
'During Augus
. 25X1A officers and three civilians but gained one officer (Captain
fi? d nine civilian
radio operator-1, chrlicians and cryptographic clerks. In addition
to the porsoninel which arrived from USA, four ox-marines were
recruited in the theater and, when security has been received,
they :"rill be assigned ;chore needed as radio 'operators. The acute
mot by a plan
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p
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ns is be
shortage of radio technicia whereby those stations not adequately. staffed at present receive
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periodic visits of technicians from hea
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25X1A
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:'07T ILY STR'I}('r'TFi 1LPORT
AS OF 30 S TI:"n.~R
25X1A
Military
Pending Shipment O/S
Total
Civ'llian Total August
84 97 99
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SSU Coded Traffic Rolayed
.Through ";ashirgton
SSU Coded Traffic Ori ;ir.
In or Destined for .%'ashin-ton
Plain Text Domestic Telegrams
(Wire Room)
803 105,817
269 30,803
20 706
0UT0,WR.D. TOTAL
;,SGS GIPS MSGS C;,PS
890 99,987
409 55,110
77 1,184
1,693 205,804
678 85,913
97 2,190