TNA ADM 199 795

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more than once severed.
ction of Records.
In view of the possibility of the arrival of
enemy forces on Sunday 2nd, all signal forms and records were
destroyed.
REMARKS,
to
During the week under review, the French Wireless Staff
had ceased decoding messages in the Code Franco-Brittanique, and
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had turned this over to Paymaster Lieutenant Brockett, who
worked untiringly and with great efficiency, helped only from
time to time by the 8.N.L.O. or myself.
The K.D.G. Code was used almost entirely for outward
messages. This was because the only copy of the Code Franco-
Brittanique possessed by the French was the French version.
Consequently to transmit & message by this code it was first
necessary to translate it into French. This meant that the
message when de-coded at Dover by the English version might
differ in some detail from the original message. The de-coding
of messages in was fairly straightforward as an English De-Code
was kept by the French.
The main objection to the Anglo-French Code was the
time taken in decyphering. To give one example, at long message
from Dover timed 0900 was received by me at 1300 and the text
t
was finally obtained at 14.30. With events moving at the speed
they were, quite often the purport of these messages had been
anticipated some hours before.
Officer and Signalling Equipment. The arrival of Lieut. Balfour of was
a relief. afficient communication in an undertaking
this great kind is of such paramount importance that a Signal Officer,
fully up-to-date and technically conversant with all the most
modern equipment would seem to be a first assential of the organ-
ization.