CIRCUIT DISCIPLINE (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00868R000100030055-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 9, 2007
• Sequence Number: 55
• Publication Date: February 8, 1979
• Content Type: CABLE

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CONFIDENT IAL0S?172AZFES 79STAFF
CITE FBIS/LONDON 11530
TO t FBIS.
1. CIRCUIT DISCIPLINE ONI 25X1
CAVERSHAM CIRCUIT IS VERY BAD. IT HAS"BEEN A SOURCE Q CHRONIC
mijamw FOR . IF THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF DURING
THE VISIT WE'D APPRECIATE YOUR POINTING OUT 25X1
THESE PROBLEMS AS FORCEFULLY AS POSSIBLE.
A. ALWAYS ALERT U8 THE DAY BEFORE ONE 25X1
OFTHEIR MANY P L C HOLIDAYS. THEY NEVER DO. THEIR CIRCUIT IS
LEFT UNATTENDED ON HOLIDAYS AND WHEN WE CAN'T RAISE THEM VE
ROUT'INIEtY REPORT THE CIRCUIT TO GPO AS BEING OUT, ACCORDING
TO COMMUNICATIONS REGULATIONS. GPO GET PRETTY UPTIGHT WITH
'on WHEN THEY' INVEST G E AND FIND THAT THE CAUSE OF THE "OUTAGE"
IS 25X1
B,IbPER ATORS SHOULD BE DRILLED IN PREPARATION OF 25X1
MESSAGE ' HEADERS, AND SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO EXERCISE GREATER CARE.
TUE SMALLEST ERROR IN A HEADER CAUSES IT TO REJECT WHEN WE TRY
TO ENTER THE TAPES INTO AUTODIN. RE ECTS TIME-CONSUMING AND
ANNOYING TO OUR, RELAY ROOM OPERATORS EJECT RATE IS 25X1
RUNNING ABOUT 20 PERCENT., AS COMPARED TO OUR OWN 2 PERCENT.
CEEDS TO PUT. SOME SPARE SEND EQUIPMENT ON LINE. 25X1
AT LEAST TV A MONTH THEY ARE OUT BECAUSE' '"OUR MACHINE,
IT, IS BROKEN.'" IT IS A CURIOUS FACT, HOWEVER, THAT THEIR RECEIVE
EQUIPMENT IS NEVER BROKEN*
D; D IS UNATTENDED BY A TELETYPE OPERATOR 25X1
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MOST OF EACH WEEKEND (APPARENTLY AN
OVURIGHT AND D
WITOR CLEARS THE MACHINES). THIS LEADS TO LARGE PULLBACK.REQUESTS--
SOMET IMES TOO LARGE FOR US TO COMPLY WITH (THEY HAVE AT TIMES
AS1O D FOR 30-49 MESSAGES AT A TIME), IT WOULD SEEN TO BE IN
THEIR INTEREST AS WELL AS OURS TO HAVE AN OPERATOR ON DUTY
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NOST OF THE T
E. WILL CONFIR ABIT OF ?"L*SING" ADNIN
CHECK NUMBER A ASKINU FOR NESSME . THEY 'ALREADY HAVE
RECEIVED. THEY. NEVER REPLY WHEN IT IS POINTED OUT TO THEN THAT
A "Ti#E/CHANNEL NUMBER MISSING' ADNIN WAS ALREADY SENT TO THEN. %
MAIN, SIMPLY SLOPPY COMMUNICATIONS DISCIPLINE.
2. WE'VE TRIED MANY TINES TO GET AKE CORRECTIVE
ACTION TO REMEDY SOME OF THE PROBLEMS 0 ABOVE. IF WE HAVE
TNN A BIT OFF BALANCE AT THE NONENT) IT NAY BE A GOOD TINE TO
TRY AGAIN.
3. RVW 8 FEB 85, DRV D9C3.
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