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Re: HMS Turbulent
Posted by:
Bruce Dennis
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Date: October 04, 2008 06:21PM
Hello Platon,
"The Ultra reference comes from ADM223/31 although not specified as such, it is obvious that it came from Sigint."
I have not seen that ADM file: is the message quoted in full? If so, there should be a part of the message at the top or bottom that includes at
least one Z and then a further number. This 'Z' reference was assigned by BP at the time of decryption, and the number of 'Z's indicate the priority the duty officer gave the message when received in the original German or Italian.
Hope this helps,
Bruce
"The Ultra reference comes from ADM223/31 although not specified as such, it is obvious that it came from Sigint."
I have not seen that ADM file: is the message quoted in full? If so, there should be a part of the message at the top or bottom that includes at
least one Z and then a further number. This 'Z' reference was assigned by BP at the time of decryption, and the number of 'Z's indicate the priority the duty officer gave the message when received in the original German or Italian.
Hope this helps,
Bruce