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11 -

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ey I

40, spt$r

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,

2xontd*"]/%Zi

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The attached. is a repcrt on the i-nterrogaticn of tlre seven inemberg of NAA'11, part of the tNorwqy Fartyr, and Ziegenhain.

'

tro11or,..ring

at

lu-iesuiaen

*lild

HPTI,I.'^ SCtil,[Df

OBLT. FISCJ,tr,E TIFFZ.*^*"EXTER ' 1IFFZ.r'rnrrtrc.u I,rtVI. tir-rj BL-CI,,E

OBGM'HHAbRE

z.l*LFRUII,I{E

ft is

pr.eceded

by a prelj:ainary SCI intemcgation report on Schm:idt. No. cf pages Ccpy Nc. lB*

TICOM

2

Aus 1945

13

Dts!r+1rutj-cn

British

-_; 1. Dlrestcr 2,

D*I),3

J. D,Do[ 4n DoDo ( m. s. ) 5. l.l. (ilrtw) 6, D.D. (a.s. )

g"g. 22, -26 g,p2O-G( 2) (via Lt pender,grass) 27, UZ(,ria Lt. Ccl"Hilles) 28'29 S.S.A, (e)(via Major sear.ran)' 50 , Di:rect:r, S. I . D" USFET ( via

Lt. CcI. Jchnscn)

I-Ba. p. ( c. c. R) ( z)

9. Ltt

Col.Leathem

TICOl{

Ilil?hairman ( 2) l1_-129,X.C. 'l J. Cdr. Bacon.

1[. Cdr. MacKenzie

15. Cdr. Tandv 16. 11. Cc!"Jlhnscn

i7. iE;mF-ffisoE-

18. 14ajor Scanan 19 Lt. Eachus 20. Lt. Varse 21' car:t. cclran Fires(2) ??-zl"iiccm 2L.

Lt,

Fehl

Aclditional

)i:6P*"w.Morsan 32. Lt, Col. Pritchard JJ, S"A.C. for Section

V

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nutnrr;ty{Ai

m.P sEqET .rgn

ey

foxrRA

fiqry

DarclV/l

2

CFg'fOE Otrt STE,ATI.ir}T.C "j]'lPJ/{fl'F''S },TISSTON FOR CEPJIA]iY

United. States Forces Iitiropoan Theator 1

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cnLef, CIB,

2 .-rlr]y

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USFE'I

$uBJECTI Pre)-imlnary Repor*, Interrogation of ilBt Hermann .qcHL{ID[, or mactrrii:irten Ar:fkla::ungabte*lung 11 o Attachecl iterr:vrrtlr pre1irrr.i.r.rar.ll repclrt of, inteJ,.rogation of Hpt Hermann SCifl[LI]Is o? Wuof,ric]rbetr Aufklar'*ng&teilting J5 Ger.,ans if, *uau bylSetu plung of S0I; $CIlItrDf is otre of the -I'*rc'LIi o"Ye d .Eo,te i.n Germa..rqz* 5 hriu.ght f*:ri Svroaen ti ,inct{cai'r ,:.i,qr t}lcl. :Lnuet'::t;gi:.tlln b':. 11,.i! ir:':, iff.i.J l'J:,;, ,t,. ,i

n

20

SCHIrDT rmas Chosen

gation bocause he

f,or the

is tho ra.nking offS"oer

first

detail-od' intorroof the groupt

and. C0

the group is much 3, T}re interrcgation d.evelops that knon ito It also vre e,s than GIS more Gerrnan signal inte3-ligense a3r3. d.e-cod.ing' traffic in htErcepting Rfsj"an nrilitary "nsre;a lr' lifo a:ie in close contact with .American Signa1 Intelligonoe in this case, We haye turned oVer to L,to CoI. RUbin and'^ a consid.erable ngreber of ffii.in irr*ogf of Signa-l Intolligence ahove menticned pqrsannel oncl docuroents suryenderea-wittr t}re 35 soon tc have e4per*s af Signal Inte]ligence tc work with "rp""t us on the intemogation. Assurri-ng that intemogations novr in progresF hy uS u,na WfU No, l+* d.o not discloso more oonnection with Gerrnan Intelligerpe tr4loper as vre knovr it, it vf:ilL l-ater be recornmend.ed that this casE be turno'l over entiroly to Signal .

Intolligence. AI{Dn5"ry

H,

BItsDING

Ir'bo Color A. Co (.)hief, OSS/X-2, GermarY

Distributicnl Chief, ClB, USFET S

i enal'.Int

Lond.on

RogistrY

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3.!-:i ge

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-4

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I

leu*o,ityELtl^^

loE sEqp.T ru''

5

H8"

US.AFEI, C-2

Ro

i

Div-.

ui

-i p.*^no n,,"J/t%l,Z'

SCI Det.

T5Z

&

T0l

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COe SCI

1

csr,o)

*"

T, l'r*

rle naa

nn scru,rmr,

Detachment, .12 A.rnry Gr:ci.ip

a Cj.qcurU:tqnseq . q,f _cg.,{.bqd{

r,ll i..ll.li,

._#

+#

? r? Hi$L$;ffy;,,i*$#"f"fr !, 1\a*lrrtc].rrerauei*er .lrll of the iilt;, eohi.re.,",.,1r**uif (rn 1o l'iu,v, tiT-:-a lfrjoi ,&iln\if. srr,,i, lmnnil ;ffi;"f;:'lo *".norr..o, organize woLrld inco-roo*at.e 1.t a sroup wh:tch the abi;eilung 1i", yrhen-so"E;*::: . and kno,i*ag" or i.ris Nachrich,tento e:$+^:.i-ti.* r*erson f o,r tlre c*.e&tion of such a.contiilu"i"ir."a"s*r,+.n" sJolp, ,nu"*T#onnea that the Al,ies nanted' a record or *rJir rrii"u$o,,-i.ences irr-ii-g*rs mattersn -

During tho eveni-rrg of 1g 1,.p, Lt SAL,' was present representative or {ne sweorisii-*n:ry, a cc"iorrunruw, who had. coroevrhcn srOcIfiIOLM" *?'i:1 2oth *r"r fror:r irp ri."i,;iiemritirhl Bj. asreement rnri.bh tho ,I11ies, i[ naa u.**g"h iri*t tr.r"-;C;;r-.srou; of 22 ner.rbers should. !u"1. f: f,eff.,Hl.r#l"ll;,'yr:lm d:!r_#'H"iiiinra,o,m *na il-"*po*;d borcler u.", was taken *,

#n:-s,I:tP

;.Tffiffi"

19{t UriI{ALr;ffi. 11 muy arrd crcsaed the snedish

,_iffirTt;il#

if I'ry, #;*tffi at 8xn11{:0 eight *o see s. oi orders rrom Dr, rr'Ltsr*or,,, 9y:, r.;rilt)-}bdilffi.i:*"# ii.i sr)"6,i_r.,itl,iilrJtl*rr*. ^chilr'rr una retrfrned. in a fortntgh,t roft but Iofa s" ilrll--ttu"olrf, was J,*ANsoN / t,, Germar{y whe13 flr# ui""u1o"gir.9-trr"i, to bo cars.ied, on bv documentation or Lv a"rronuti*;;r;';fi urqr*;"n"e and tonorioig" either in{ir-ootiorr, rre assured s. that the rrcn:bers or tte ;;;;;;;i;';;*ruJ'i,iil and, that, cu::i-ty cheok- they ,voula'rr.Tr,,u arter & se_ anrr. i* o p-ouitr"n. to heir, dents' nefole ti.ly r"Fi il"il;r, thev their depen vrere teaving Sweden votuntari:r.to sa6,-ing they "tg.Ii-i'statement io-A";nlny" el that Dr. r{ELtsTRot\{ yfid JOI{ANSOIv also said. s" iflng *g _t* int"*.,y as a liaieon off,icer for the $we&ish Sf;.;il senrico"

ri],ffi;:t

O"^13.-I:",

the-gfolg y*s flown tc Gernargr in planes. rh.? two Aneri_ ry?op'was rf,iof:_1.; filgry*ry on 1J Jun" Five nenrbers of the Eroup-(rrpt scltfrn"is one of, their)- stayed in ZIEGEMTIIN eight aeiy-s aie ,rrere tfr"n-lril"f"rrecl for to 12 AG, .,Co can

2.

Bic.e*Whi.op*1,,,qat g

Nassau;'"*

n"li?;*l

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iffi

yffi,{ffiffi-fi ,( I',.li *;lirsi;.3iil "* B& t:l*i[;;, zj iiuiil* occupation, roof tiler.

itffi *em,etr of sociar Democrati" ; rli:I*,3qnerr. Eryra, -nle sR&&Js, 4 eug 1B9o in *i.r.em
ri

DECLASSIFIED eutno,iryEAtlf

^

ey

p.+rlnt,orrrJ/L-fi/'

1

*

r*ffi,?#-l;

r if,ffil,l;i s*i#*

si,ffir

1l{1 he noved to K0Iff rtth tho troarr rfuiu

*:$eltsd+*n* I:trlf3| (smuarnuu)l .Tolk

";--9Hftd..l'f;.,il*

oonsrste& of-eErf-arrns.ru, uuirEine of and. oi"ectlng lms.tsd wrre otstao5,"u.

fortlJtoatioris

p6t,tt-leal qf,f$tatiorrsr So hae beon a

fmntsLnce1ffi

msmber

of the Arbej.tsp

t.w

s, nao irduoterl tnto the.nilitary

-tho SnL Cor llaohriohten ,rbtEflturg g, hc had, taken an i.rrtelU.gonce tes$ l.nd.uption tnto tho Signds sor,rl-Loe

i;

genri.eE on {? No\r ,9, Bef,ore lrts i$Irction mssu.Dc6 and hs asortbeE hie reiirrt or tfre S, rocetvEdl

ln umrziin.

tt+G

Ii;dIfir",*$Ln l&kfr .,i*,t["%ffiffi, (N..1. ts) nero as-fo11owsl 3r{

lrfl Ird

3rd 3rd Jrd

il.t, tl

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tast.

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*iyg-:#:[;;-'

--

Stuttgart l'&urolmn

Il.egrdtr, i+ran&f,rrri (oaer1 Koln 'BteLafeS.d

Rearutts

tratrpdtr as llorotftu&er (intercept), (ir, auectionrftndinswere oB"rutffi; s"ffiffi;-?u"*" cperators)noi:rur:ker or as

drlvergo Sr fecetvecl. lntereept a.d DF tzral.ning. So,s ifqining'endei!. -

at the begtnntng

of, the 1.r8ro

]}' operator

q rb$ Attg ,9 S_il tg ldry lror s. ln the vio of S.UngnUl@U,

Eohoor rrcrq

worke8 aa &n interqopt

e ul; i3 H.,t.f' H ffil til."X#liT:H"lffi1"ffi*eroee

tnr&rten1 Frnu 9 +u8 ro 12 Jan,Lir"tre worlcea-ai oadr;fi=nfi&i ($* Saffonoohul.e was alao looats& th;r6). se-beoar.rs a LreuienErrtT mr M,

r:dilf"f,#"H"I3lffu*#H,trl}f;:i-H';"tffi*

ryrs co 6r! (a

(4

(REIC[sIrcE'), lJren gr,tl,,1Fu]'r"tsr
before

ilr

I/OSCOII.

5,

Natrepei3ife3-d.zug

lflork (Short*rahGe l8ing)

..&t It wae at about this tfuie Ss w&s ent$'rgtod qtth the fl.rst.llC:peilfcilrr;l,i {f:*rr,t }in; itjliru i_.i;.i;ilcr:ithat i"ir ti:e .}*oour,-r\r*ry, $h
I

tr{

I I

DECLASSIFIED

nu*,,iry{A*13^', el

yxon^ oarci/ttrl/i

wasr-according to s'e and q Gerrnan PeiL Ral:roen (direoi;ion find.er). It ana gave elccelLent tho first shorb wave fm mi'ohine in the German 'frry waves)-vrhich are (earth rasults* This set picked. up ?nfy Bcdenwel-Len these !v,'\re$ must be picked' but a small parb- cf'waYes "ittt"h'- Since source, the DIiru Hachines the tc ur, {n coraparativ"fi ry4"*iy apperatus' send.ing 15 1oo from the ururJg"n-5 ile"d,

""

;i;;; $

itr

b.Thistyl:eofDFworkvrasveryir:portantforascer,Lainirrg gPr so trooB,'.6oncentrations ana tfle ].ocation of enennr work untll 'Aug h2' Ihe chai'n cf or So continued' to d'o thisinformation obtained' vras c.oncernef,' oormrand, insorJ:u."-it u a.issem:naiicn of it to Division' eave whc Co 'f*ii{i'or* from th: 00 oi-tfru-ei t fr.tCufklarung was Obers't von ti.Ig1lffiTg. Kanlifgr"pp"f and.

fj-nal-lY to 2

it

ivept cn

to

2p pa"nzer KorSs'

ParLzeY Armee,

6n r*iaison offic-e.k N9.chri'cryxqqklqqBng' l+ {qqeg tiaison afficer in tr'roni AuS |2 to 6 Deo 4]r S: vras the j'n His job vras the staffo tire h Arniee charge of ivaairricn{eiauricrarnng an6 d'issonri'natlcno preparation of coifn"t"a *rat"rl*t f,ci evalua't1onauthoritative\r on speeJc to in " pouiii"n It is evid.ent that he is cif point from,the oniv nrt matters of si.gnal and. general #;iiiA"iryrof vievr poini;-of fi:pmthe yrow of the fbont rine of,fi.""r-toi aiso sors iupqrior was.oberst the staff of,fiaer with a corrposite picture* a as. Geher:ei ]fajorr DA1IvANI suscesvon DA,Ii,lIffi *fro'*r* [itf"a iir"ute vrest Oberst sor Yras von GIILDEMIf,jDI{ The CG of the l' Arrree nas General ,

}n]iNiiICI.

7"

ril}#

On 17 Ja? jlur 'ho was Nol^do , this nnit transferraa to f,in1i"al- m""iri':.oirt*nf "tnar.dklarungszlLg tiiE zotrr eebirgsaffieo (mcuntain arxv) 11der-!he conrrand' m$fnntC' Tho Nachrichtenof C,eneral gborst Dl3,1it. Dlmit s succcssorof1ras gb].t SCHLID'gBXRGffi' anrl Se v'Ias auf"klarungsz[g"Nord wrs-u.naer ihe eorn:rand to obtaln signaL intelligence eecord- in ccnunand,o the unitt s nrission lras

&r In l,'lar 45, Sn had beccne an 0blto

;#;;i;.Ja-t"

i"o* tho Russians, ncstly by the usq 9f intercept'

-,iH:fi*}.;[dnft

iii 3o-i,Hr'ffi:

:Ltrinifr , 3y r0o bv 11' (N"A'A' "li*lH.;Hil ga1Le4 Aufkdrungsahteilung ff"*Cicirten The conposite unit was The inlensifioation *ii s" *rs his deputy. 11) r tho co rras Hi:t DIJ$ffi,yras of troops the.Bauoity by necessarrr uade of, Rad.io interiie;iio" *";k need'ed f,or vrero By increasea 'rusk}arung 'irork fewor troops ii, tt-ii,";t;;' reconnaiss&nce, capturing of IW!s, etoo

mar

e

ilm,

.fr

tlltsl:}#

:-*

northe rn F#i.#".,,u i',ffiE-k. ::?Ji$:ii, : heid exce]'lont success in he took oyer cotmitand of, N'Ji"t'-ir"- \a'A' has larllalJy described' its work. In FinLand it ogrerat"A'*ilii old apparatus' wirich aboveo It aLc{o reboived. a nerrr cor:rpJ.etely ge-nnan Naheiefdpeil'er in Ktiohorh rather than rra$ rirore stabLe arrf, shock ptooi andi oatibrated'

via

in

neterso

B"

Corler-bre-akiqg.

of' r:jit '):Ju'r:}Lricnte:n0i:,; ,:f iii; iiusl iri4io;:1;arrri; ,r-c{iu:i'::.l"ir:1'*rerrtn lf,ur**rfklar*,gsa.rg here speoifioa]'ly cgdesn 6ner:y Ncrd. *ou t[*-nreaking of for exarqlle codes, corleso Rtl.ssian Russiann arrd. }atex.$ A}i:1.ed,.2:a swad.ish thoreforo eryerion"re, p;;tous ti?affic.and were i:*Ltt ,w"r"o*'ono ano.bh";.-

yr r-

,

DECLASSIFIED

Fr

I

AuthoriryEAll^"' { ey Top SECRET r{J''

}Nlnoort"ly'-fu,?

were utilized to goofl aEvantalle frrrrl "l 9.114 bc ''*' {91.5t./t corle sp.,oj.al.i-*r1ie i,, the SCffi{IDT g.rurr.rl are! ,,."*

Ufrfz SXI3R Uffz 3ETIG3 lJftz flFUNIG 6bgfr

t

F,iURE

of rrrork dcne, Sa ci.bed. the brealcirg of an i,ji0.fD (AfS) _ff un exanple intelligence code that has 1O,O0O possii:ilities; 9r,

$$.A.

Card. Cataloaue

5ogg0 oa*dso,rn$:t 13. Jtr-fi"fffi"I}:"ffi?,}:5,'"o;.ffi3"fffi fil-f;ffxn*"* aur-i:1arii4s, cu11ir:g Russian paplrl ( or:tai.neJ F;; il;;;i; ;"il" monitoring, erpeaialS;r special orders of- t-he dry, givir:g onit* anr1 Bersonalitieso .ther p35 d'ai;a suppL:i-ed..b{ il? Ars.y, r gu-r1[lanrf tn tiie scHilIrDT er"o;,r"6ud""o" FrscHLE rra,s acr,m:i:uistrative i:eia or- this sdc;io;; rhe seciion'speciarist was Feldwebel I&OirE, Hals and. another enploye"-ln*" Feldnrebel Helr,irit B"ARGC0EN. The'e was on];r cne cory of thi cliar,rgueo 10"

'

sr

of the group!

g&ve the for-lor,ving specra.lty d.esignation ----"---o -*.-vYvr&u'

1o SCIS,{ID?I

local

2e

Horohf'urrker Ilcrch and peil-flrrr]cer Horch and peil vrork ah eva-ruationr

LOREIVZs

JT HEIDBI l+o tr'lS0luol 5' Dtriltll 5, LfEKr

7. BHJLEI 8. G,trXDm,IAlf: 9. JSIINSI

10. WIr,T,nl 11. RISffir 12r GffiII,{BD.II

1)'

'lh,

and J-ong*,listance (iVah unA Fernaufklarung) signal

in laernatrfklarung Adr,rinistraticn and. ski instruction Naheaufkl-arulgi HorcMunkerl vrorkod in Bak.ans. Hcrch and peilfunker Evaluator

Chief evaluator

Deccdetr, Ruesian Horchfunker

22* lY,lfBEI,:

onJgr

Horchf urrker Horchf ur:lcer Hcroh and peilfurrl
BLOivtrl

17. A,IItrB,t 18. FRIrsi[@l 19, Effi'ffi.t 20. BETHGN: 21r B,13C,CORNI

merebers

inteliigence

F,XURET

15r KLEIMANT 16. Kots_,iviANltrl

to

translater

Peil evaluator; specialist for Wellenausbreitung (On v,rort w:ithout a DF maohine; had to work wi.th l,r:f,twaf.ie lleather Station). *

excellent Hcrchfunker Decoder and interpreterl Deccd.ing chief Decoder LVaLuator Horchfur.:ker

l:etter Russian than Gemranr

F

I

DECLASSIFIED nuthoriryE4 ey

p.NxnA

-l7o'

'

Date

I

TOP.S&CmE3 nurt

7

11.

::i:"i:-lT* il:,.lH-t :uf ;" S. ],::.

r curt e e n trans rat oi.; ;l3i ; xand. igncrcs the reascn fcr tirci:l bei-n1;.

12.

*;;:fl,

*

Dcci;raents

In ad.clition to tir,: above nienticned carrL file, tho groupr possession vari-ous pa:rphlcts, :i'old.ers, bocks and papers ueed. in carrlyin8 out its rrissicnso fhestr inc.j"ud.o rnaterial on cormanders of the Russian J.m"1y" Russian 3p0 lists (usorL in connec'i;ion vrith inter. ceptod traffic), Russian g;aze'bteeEs, RussJ-an AnUr 0rganization, enenSr pl"anesr. Russian Ar.to;r, RD.ssian ablcreviaticns and irilitory classifioations (tanks, etc)o had

in its

'Iherc is also r,raterial cn F.us$ian'ttft stations, rad.ic instruof tho Rud ,irq7., Russiarn call signs, NIflID (nfs) code natcr:La}, cr;ptanaJytic data on Russien 'i{/T, a f c1d.er on Brolcen (Russian Cii:her) systenis, etco (Iirrrentcry a'.;tacherJ.),

r.:cn{;s

13e Desiderata rhere is no doubt ?["t'#T#"Hi;li1{.;ffix"1#];:"f1ffi."l";:ffifi"fi::l: richtcnauflilarung and that he is v,rilling 'oo put his knowtod.ge at our disposa.Lo l\[otreover, hi-s e:mcricnees as a s'taff of{'icer have given h:im an tppcrtuni.ty of seeing the overail picture wi'bh respcct to Gernan Signa} intoiligence and. its pcsition j-n ihe ;;eneral shape of ihings, Pairtici"paticn In tht; Eastern camtrraigns l;r.s nade lt pcss:ibl.e fcr l:ira to ge-rner a huge fund of i:rf ortration on tho interp}-ay .be blveon Gary&r.n and. R[ssian Signal Serviceso To vrhat extent hi-s knowled.ge wouJ-d. interost r.rs speeifi-

caIly,

remains

tc

be

soerlq

b. 0n the grouncls of experionce and knovledge, he should. be capatrle of hcld.ing the mirror trp tc cur o!.rn signal service; he has of,fored his serviees to attecpt tc analyze AlLied. slgnal vreaknesses" Ho further cffers ad.vice on key ir,rprovements" Ho inclicated, fcr exaraple, that nessages enccded by ,'imerican nachine .$,[*1, can be deciphered. if a fir:istake is na.deo- Ihis :i,s probablf punchineilots seoret, l:ut there are pr;obabl;r many other natters vrhich vre i.gnore, co S. should. be exhaustive3y interrogated., if, possib}e by a signals techn:lcian, so that his technical knowled"ge may'be eitract6d.. rn the process, it shourd be possible tc sourid cut his kncr,.r3-edge of mattcrs which interest us more particuLarl,yo Nathan Elung

s/sgt, scr

I

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sscRET

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DECLASSIFIED Ii euthorrtyEA-lf ^ i ey p.NxnA Dare

I

_

NOHII.AT PTRTY I}V}E,RROGATIONS.

Ihe Norlray par"byr ccnsisting cf thi.rt,v-six pcrsons, ocntains elernents cf trirc disti,nct groups, caiLed. the SCi"il{IDT ancl S.AJTA groups after thoir reepective lea.J.ers, The vrork of these two groups is entiro\r unrelated, anif ti.e interrcgation cf the senior rner:fter of the S,lJrA group prosOnt' S,lf(Z) SP3NNERI7IANN, do sufficient to shovr that this par"by vras of nc

interest tc

TICOl,i

The interrogaticn vras rlcne in tvro stages, Six nenbers of tho party, all-egedly cn the l:rasis of ir,rpo:t&nee5 had. been segregaterl fron the Itft*rs a*nd wcre housed in the jalI at IIiIIESBIDEN. The rcnainde:' were in Carrp !! at ZiIGENILIIrI. The impor$ance of the six at WIESBJDEN lvas not aI,,r'l;s im:re,liate3y obvlous. tiiiee of these Yrere respeotively a't,ifi oper'ator', an intercept cperator ancl a skiing instruc'bor. SCI{IIIDT and. Ob}to FISC}ff,E were interrogated, and. at ZTSGENHATN uffr" ExrER, lJftz, BETHGS, ffmo Blolvtr-, obgefro fAlmE; and Uffz* FRUEMCE, The inteffogaticn was -cau':'ied cut by Capto LIifgT,i, AU[i anrl Capt" C"II\PBF.IL, iC, assisted. ** ZIES.ENIIAIN by Capt. 1,{CC01Y1'I of Detachment Dr

At

I.

}rI-IESB,{DEN

}lpt,

rsg$gPTj-liglmq1,*Efi1* iffi'Naclu:icht

-. I Tues. r . zl+th enauf'kl.aerungabt eilung

;u1v,

191'5

11n

I

J

o

Qrganisation of the Abteilung6

Tlre Abteilung vras an ind.ependent unit, suborclinated. rS.irootJy tc Gerl1ttVOtflJ, Sul:crCina{e tc it vrerei Nahaufklaerungskomp" 961 hnA Ferr:ar.rfklaerungszug Nord. It had, no connection vr:Lth KON.A" Nord,, r'vhich accordir:g to So lvas located in LIBAIJ"

2o

Taslcs: trrlhen

in Fin1and, Sigint directcd. against

Rt-rssih.

![hen in Ncrway, sigint directed" against the Al1ies, $wedon, Sinland, and. j.n so ferr a.s distance would per:lit, Russia.

j.

Sirength

h.

Distribution of taskst

cf the ,\bto varied. frcn i+2O tc [S0 rlen. tr'lT operitors vrere d.etached. to the Ab'b. frcm thc /rffteo Nachrichtenregigent as noed' arose, rrvhich accounts fcr the fluctuatiqns in strength.

cperatcrs cpcratcrs Evaluation Cryptanalysis Wn Wfi traff,ic Drivers, cocks, etco Intercept

D/F

_

200

-

30

lO 25 aO

100.+o

25A

rrcn

(l!

sets)

F

DECLASSIFIED eutno,iryEA-t3^ ^

'

ey

/xa,nt,ort"J/%lZ'

of intelligence product; flirc types. of report were prepared,: -

5,

Type

1r 2,

tagesnrcld.ungen Feindlager$elclungene

6o

Distribution of intolligencel Intelligence tyas sent i;o of Staff, )LX Gebirgsar::rooo Ertracts vrent tc Gen C. NA by 1/p" Chief Gerr d" NA kept the Abi;r itrfcrrrerl of crypto tlevelopnents on other- parts of the front.

'1"

Rel-ative irnpcrtance

of the varicus scurccs of interrigence;

r. vielr. of *re rerativeiy snar- nr:rfter of pcoplc enproyed on cryptanalysis in bhe,lbto, s" was asked to assess the relativo value of stgint soLlrces in p,epari[s-i]r" FeintlragemeJ.dungen. rn ]::is cpinion the evaruati.orr of ::iessage-content (spruc'atrsvrerturgT"."-"?i;;""",inr" n"ru trus in practice siice tf-," ;Ut) Lr:u}d always reaA urrcugh

for their

Russlan traffic ffi-a".i-lii"i 1r*oror[sr,rrer.tung). Third., "** gv'u 1n"ir"i*ri;;-ilj. v4a/ t gori*ror Le.st1v, rIJ.r uI'IJIauJ.Qn (allgemeine 6vrrur
DurDosesr seecnd

o/r' rvatu"tion

\

HinWeiSe ).o

SfflL{IDT ccnsirlerod his crXrpto section fully rur-hv arJ.equateo They did not use.I{or_lerith or cther *u.ilin"ry., 'ruequareo

B,

cf crypto wcrk carried onrr: so.wa' able ti, ansl?er triis cluesticn inJy i.n very general te*ns. There was nc cryptc work to cf a-s far as-the rl,mericans and British we'e ccnccrned- si-nce r,r.st cf "p"r:. tlic They nade n" *it,rmpt tc deai-niii, Jr?f{i" il.,"y i"l";";;;"J'in*mr*uay was p[,, British .ir-]lr,r"ri"an high_grade ciphers, ile knevr, however, il j,l" rarg"-u.,1cunt cf varuatle inte]-ligence given ara,y cn the !?estern ?ype

Fncnt by inselure pclice nets.ThLy had ccnsid.eraSle success $redi-sh arr4y eiph-ers, Ouri"g-t}.e spring-i*n"uor"es of Feb_t,,,sa*"L rrO, they vrere able tt r:ui.1a ;p ;-;;;I:Iete tacticar picture cf the swedish anqy in tvrc i:onths.-y/1_th'""g;,,"a to Russian trafiic, the {bt. did. every_ thing up tc and inolutii;g-4:;il*rerRussian they !-figure All traffic vrhich cculd ;ri t;';"Ived uou"" r-"*rooioua t" ecnsicrered insclublec Gen d. N,r, That meant about Swi t:!. tho intef.cpt nirtcriar* l/he:r asked.-tc give ei: invontory of the ccd,es a.ra ciphe ," O, the ,{htn r:ef erced. the questicn tc rg. his oryptc perscnn"i 1*p""iii..i:y "toAiSJ l,xrrm) 9, Sigint units in Ncmray!

with

9j1""sTAV,iNGffi

MPHS

Mplls ^1-/- 355 duu

II.

Kpi;It.

I,IEIDNER TRoLEoE triei;. k6t.";isrgni,itrG

LN,t Rcgt 355, vrit], 1 Kor:pr in S,L\V;r"liGER er.rplcyed against vrt* lccated abcut zo kxj. s,-"r osio; il;; ,*j. ao,*ni,,i,MrH,. England.; FISC,.II,E" ob1t.

ObLt.

tr,isch1e v/as head, wlth N&t 11.He did not have vory r,ruch to .:f AT*"""tune(lvaluation) ccnt,ibute. Ire naa llined the Abt, in Flnland in sept' 14d' but since he knew nc &ssii;';#;":"lr*."".,"d vrith Russian traffic for onlv two month" or to speak on that; and then in Norwqy they' irad-arnr "o-rr"";;r;-;;-r;"U*n;i*ii"u wc/thr"uine Evaluaticn, for the Al1ind traffic was unfaniili*"-'t, "Ilr.ing them at iir*t-"na -"i a.yhow theie was nc one tc vrhom they cculd pass tirne to-rr* ur*y interest. """oit""in

15 i

III.

EICIm,.K;RL.tJff

}'rlitarv

z.

- I

Hfi;?'l.lr*a

DECLASSIFIED

up tc Nl',A, 20 at Har-rbur.ii tralned. as an i':rberceirt vrith the' roi 'r--'1'*^'**-- in hcused 16 ,rpr, [1 I tra.nsferred tc HcrchGhrkcrqranie,HAllE-, later tc weeks thc Heeresrrachrichtenschulel thr"" re he The r s at zal: t e iIury;, FB'"rl\ffiJRT' iii" li.tfrticht e ne';;-;t; cperatcr(gendef unker),. vras trained as "ty-tt/t' he rc;'rc*ined' End June [1 'I ircs'ced t: Hcrchzu; N in l'in]a'ndl "rhere at the ti:;- the unit ,r".'6d frcn thereJantc Ncrvay 45 he was trans* neiinnini. cf Novn 44. 0n 1st feryed ficr:, the Zvg t,c the steff :f Na'r 11'

:im$ """1/tSD"

trc'inin;, nnd indeed had 'oeen pt-rt Ex',ier tri,ili [ii1"err nc specific c:ryptanalytic had prcved hc1;eIess as an cn tr the -.rc::k in the fi::st pleice cnly'Iaecause hecn Entzifferuni; frcn riu['1"p1 i-ntc::cep1; oper:atcr. HclYever ft" it*a r'"Ln eq>toyed parlr u"^t1:1',best nan in crrvard"s, and he is rcgarded':y the cthers in the Entzi-ffcrul'I''' secticn of NAA 11 lvas a fi't:t' this f ieid. The actual her'r-] i:f the Fel; 45 ancl nr rci)lacenrent i'-ras nr"de' Zi^,Itr'T,flR- but he was pcste-i a';rey in .rvs*lry-r1

in clverin;, ilhile in Finland, the unit was cccupied excl.usively cf Nava1 'bra'ffic ai:iciint sr-rallfronti A that Russie.n ,1rr4y anJ ifrc,m t"lffic cn j:ut as this rrras re;;ul-ar1y nct cn, wcrked vras picked up frcr: tine tc tirre and t't vras practically nct their prcper ccrmitment" After the mcve tctcNcrvray anc the ccver distance, the cv,rin; impcssi-ble tc take any Rttssian traffic Little was svritche ci tt British-Anerican, swe dish ana Finirish traffics' unfarci-l-iar v;ore cperators The troffio, success was rbtained vrj-th t}.";iiii"cl few:lionths cnly' vrith Allied prccedure, surld they'o'iere ';ic:':kilrg cn it ?'crcand a certain i'&' 11 .n SLiDnX Ex.r:e, had wcrked (and with scrne -""."*=1 ot!' clcne nc v;hi.ch va,s a tali"'ielz.a-"i zi,/Zri.n" r,vas nct sur'e wh:icih)i He.had r"/as cf3ne vrork hinself cn Sr,vedtish*that lral BETHGETS specialt)'- and- ncthinl he he'cJ nc perscnalwith Finnish except cne sir:ip1e *ol=tiioticn- cf vrhi-ch systei-i f'1rart knci,vled6e. He had nc kncvrlea;" "i any specifi"eaily /rrerican frcrr the trvc general Allied ty1:es raenti:ned above ' ccdes fcund ancnS t?re Exber r.ras then cluesticned cn varicus Russia-n Ccde RLZC 18OO'This dccurrents cf the unit' He first described the NK*iD present descripticn i1C, iut. thesald' has already i:een irealt urith in'T;;;;7ti" a, coite cf 5O d.effers in certain d.etails frcr:r tne cther'-It lras' he

pacesrvrith5Ol-inestcapa;eintwccolu'nnsct25each'Onttrel:ctt:mten cf the , *.-= a veriica}iscclunl, lines cf each Pai,G: l]etvreen thcse t1,vc cc}uun'" presumab\r clch ira[e' (tfris numbers O-9 in a hatted crder, different fcr U-ne and unkncwn t' E')' P"il" the ttchiffrant,, cfl-Tii;", toot'the tcni v'rasfiSure-i:igrar's; ten sets were therc equivalents vrere i,iven by strips--:f hatted line-strips and bcck of each" page-striirs were laio *i"^g the bcticra oftcrnethe hatted' vertlcal (in tvrc colLrnns of 25 ) ""., or. l[" f]"Ce-acccrdinl, cn the setting on ccluru,. The page a.nd line keys used"l ind the settin.; was nc lcrrger certain lvhich the page, !?el:e livon by a lp-fii-ure indicatcroE.f'oi ft" thcu;.ht the sett iryl cf elenents cf this indicatecl the varicus iterns' figure . Acccrding t' E' the line-strip cn the pa{t€ vras gir"t by the iiri"a hhd. had nateriel up l;c the this code r,ras in use frcrr Apri} 44 on,rr"ards. They it thereaftor' end cf their tine in Finl;ind, but v'rere tlnable to intercept and sc he cculd nct say whether it had gone cut cf use cr not' vras extreme\r Hj.s irfcmatlon cn cther cocles fcund. ai.il':)ng the dccurnents cn cther cai:tured' or sclvetl eodes vrere scanty. He said that narry cf these they had nct infcrrcaticn; for by Berlin pbrts of the frcnt and s?nt tc then rnorked on them themselve sr

\

lp-fic. ?:d". *itl l'!.}e-recipher'1 a ncnth, but had Siven it up a"s fcr reacl it not l:eing the'ir oc'mrnj'tnetlt'Purely NavaL taskg were handed cver to }IPIIS Kirkereso fhis l')e ".uia nct remem'i:er: it liras cut cf dafie by a.))/a."

F:.eet-lq{e Nor:ble-rn *ffirrad E+"e-Lreg

t

fhis

,iras a

F'j-.

III'

E.,{tER"ElHL''Uff

z'

I,'lrlitary se rrlice :h1i 9eu'ea up tc Ni't'?-o 'TFebi

;

f -sr

1:'-#*f'tiJ?:;"-:h:Xltl --

i: ;,,, i::;:;t,'i:L:tuT#;:t::trin"r',iiffii.'il;:i ;:w*t

$ffi;t'

;x Tklix"::"il= :xx=:**n

End June

n"

lllr',- *iiqlil:*;i,Jitili'i#ljtft;'--tt N;i

I:;;H'H'r -Ii";#i'"''n""=t"ri 'i

E>:',,cr V,/("lj

and indeed r::ryptanalytic tr3ininl, speci.fic nc ii.lerr

h:.c1

'

been pt'rt

;;Lt:':u:1ii-'"""'#l*ii{$hT;:if ?$iiH}rti?1*,*f 11 vras a ii*' ill lly i'ras *ade' ;#:;#;f: ::;:tq::r ilEii'i:J:,""#;i'"r il:.-45 ona"n'-t",lacrer:ent ;;-:;,,:fi Z,Ej-,I,ER3

f.ut fr" ir*u p"st*U rrrlr"ri

it'

c:'verinl;

vras cccupied exclusively Navel treffic llhile in firiland'-11" unit il#;i-;'"1:-.:r t'to"t" ln-inoi as this was Russian ,*ro *iu it*,-6;;;fri. wcrtea ";; ili-;ct.1er,:]ar1v i't iv^s practically was pickeu .r-'ririr"tio"-l",tiol'"*na *f'"-*.'"t'" tl fn"'*'y "di*t"t"u ,#tlt and the ccr"er nct their pr"p"r "*ritment" c"riq'i""ir'" ic ' t".ff e.y, *y::i# traffics' Little impcssi.bt n ,r"iul. . s"vedrsh^o"a"iin"ish ,cc British-,\ne,i;r,;; was svritcheci vri'tii-'ni-.Ail-'Ia irafricf iJt"i:;;:"i:'"':-:fu[yq"i]"11 $uccess **" "bi'inea r;e ::e "ofkl:?u cn sJ.,iDlx and a ce'tainncl&" with ,\]r.ied. pil;;;"1-"1: thev

;'r"';hil

xi;i'*?;8,?til,ifi1 lli:n'l*":r;ttt"i yli| :: f ;" n:-r,u rr'

He,

; =iF: m' #'$ll5 i.] ; :i:* ;*t*-*" " sii'4 "^'x qnrr l-:rith Finnisn except cne s,-r€cir-i.tfJy -^^ ^r qr{'I -}' '"tericln t, ur a''::ve' at'::ve' kncwled;e' He had nl Lncvlrc(r' i:ienti:ned frcra Lhe r*j".lil';i ;iii;*'iv1r"=

,,.1-

3

h..d crrne

H";?b: :ii :systert *art

IxtervrasthencluesticnedcnvaricusRussianccdesJcund.ar:cn3the

*"Y: "il',"ffiliil " ;k,r;t *i,rii?;i:ir#i "i' rsrl; ::: ffi: ri?: :;i. + :i i ii, rti*li' ccrw'r?t"l.i''*r"t"' fi?i rfi?*"LHr,'u:i,ig: : r,rn ffi til: ":irtl is presumabl-S (trn" l,etvree-n thcsc twc -ro.l"

lines ,r "ocil'p;t;' u"a tin" crdcr' Srrfcrcn-t-lto*r''o*n tc E.). nur,jb"r= o-9 iriu"i'ttt"d was ^ tcni the tl$;:irt+F:i the "chifrraii"*"r r/t7c, |ot l;=U Til;:!i?t;:t" equivalent" *"t" .-iven ''v: =ili.,""'r-r'uit""' "il*i" u i. i'"r "i ;*5";q a::H?# :;,?ii :! " fi* ?1^" ffi:. itfr:' i"''i """ullill":*.;:ti*"":\:i:"1"::ltt'1"*nt'n cciumn' rhc pa;c a'nd line ure indrc*r';;";";*i""irr"", fii-*" settiry' cf a-.L-fi' the pa;e, *.i."-iven.by, l**::*::\-' li:"' 4t Acecrdinf, tc E'' cf thii inrlicatecl";;;'i*''*'figure' ird l: *lnin!

tne-i;f r:v""'i*l"o*!

eler:ents

uP tc page ,}li ;;;; the line-strip cn thefrcr:r ir'"i"i'"a ry1-To*""ia, o"it"p-;:y:::l it thereaftor' this ccde vras in use vrere- t'nJf" t"t i"ttttept nct' but in Fint;'.nh, cr tirre end cf their rr*a e"**-"ot cf use and sc rre ccura nct say d;;f,";-;.t was extremel;r ainsng the dccuments fcuncl ccdes cther cther Hi's irfcn:ration cn-cf sotie a^or 1ar':tured in had not tu"'"-tla"sthese thev urar,y that sca,,t,. He said. r,v s;i;'n II" ior""tou;i;;; phrts of rhe f rglt a^d s.r,i* t"--;r""

ircrked on them f,henselve$r

\

NgIthgrn Fleet-ggge

gP-1U9' DECLASSIFIED

,Jll?u-?i

tne

Lo-fiflo code r.rith table-recipher* as r#-;1,"ir'l-r'yt had p;iven up

it

il* f H:Hrm;,tm:x;;::. ; ;",":,:J "1" u.*u t"" ccuic n"1 v66emi-rerr

,r;;;"-ni"

1Han'mnerfest

R5Z'C,

&

Seeland'.

! used' tco vrere liava1 ccdes, thcu"h prci:ai:1;r These'Lry details. nc knew He units. also coast defence

Reciphered. bY striPso

1560.

8!+ZC fiAA &' ReZC 1427

0n these he ref emed us

" E. was then asked fcr a brief

revievl

cf the types

,

tc FAUFE.

cf cci.e he

ha.d

rrcrlled

cni'

and NIfi'f,D. At first they.wcre purely 2-figur:e These vrere used bcth by Ar"rry the csilIrnsner they we re hatte'd, o.r1-a u" a final ii':4>rcvenent ffiffir.;-'i"t"" equivalents' lette rs and nud:er* ,'rL"" allcti;ed it'""" cr f cur clifferent Th"y *"r. used up tc the end' cf hostilities' the Air J'crces' 3-fir-rure These were nainlr Arr:ls, but r,rerc also used byeach, reciphered by 100*positicns of g;enerar cf 1o ;;g;d,##-i*t'"l"in

st.,:ips.

and b) oodea) of the NKrfiD type described abcve' had considerhac' they bocks reciphered by an additive""i" trr"ii, latter type, Sea frcnt' ccntrclled on the W-itit6 able success vrith traffic cf an tlX'm net*a" vrith a captured basic bcck and thut tui frcnr the NKuD Hrl at ,\RCIIINGE]', instructicns fcr the sYsten. Thuy- c:uld nct cope ilith 5-fi5ur!i that was sent on tc Berlin' E. had nc kncvrledge lrhateveC of Russian letter-codes'

-lr-fisure +--

1V.

These v,rere

BETI{GE, Ernstr-

lflqi-

(mote: interrcgrtibn was rnade di-ffj-ouIt

'ily tt fact that this HV suffers fron " e-xce edinglY bad stamurer).

an

Fronthebeginningcfthev,raruntilNov.&JBeth;:eservedvritha

6KH tt'"n there came a circular frc;'r srnrey unii- (t";;=;;;;;;;;p;";' thenselves presented tfr. 200 cdu who appe alini, fcr r,rathenaticiani. Ooi "f inBerlinr2OrnerechcsenrincludingBethge'He-themhad'fcurncnthsr f"o*-1f*th tiI} Septeml:er 1944 cryi:tanalytic tralninil in gerfin-a;E }ut"itcg. section vrith D':'PIETSCH he worked at Juterbog in ttre *nzrlyii""f machile entirely vrith tl:e^Frcnch-CJ6 and and ',i/m. DSIB.ING, and vras "on"""n"h alaost cn the Arnerican ][209. He has no BC_JB, thcugh h; ;1;" did a little urcrk ncr did he do any researclr knowledge of the 8211 cr ar$I British rsachine, cn German sYstems' t'H,{UDENrt(Gruppsued) of Ln Sept.&4 he nas posted tc Aussenstelle FNASTginNcrrlraytovrorkcnS3-farunsolvedSvrec]ishsysteu,:s.Fnast!, cf 44 tc ltaly' but the which had been in BERGEN, was nrcved in the sumroer officially stil1 on the Aussenstelle v,ras left behind. Fron Jan l+50 thcugh had'oy then i'vhich 11 NAA strength cf the ,\ussenstelle, 1ee irfact-wcrteA"with cf NJ'A 11 staff the tc arrived in Ncnvay, md in March lp! he was transferred systems' cn Sv'/edish solely at GJOEVIK. Singe iicil\{ to Nowrqy he had.rrorked c(rdec an;ii:g-]-ish;-iette:r cn a'ttenp1, ,,.[=r,""r*=fuli exeept for Lrne ,.,:::cit

TheBlvedishurachineccu}dnctbereadoThecodesrrrithwhichthey reciprocal did have success urere all lcrn-gri'de military codes-si:nple an elementa'r5f type' suUstituticnsrZ-andl-letter codes, and transpositicn cfmanceuvres of February The iaaterial fcr this w.as obtained during the- Swedish up' built rras battle cf crder and I',[arch this year, and a eorrplete Chief Evaluatcr cf

1I@ Mi3.itary set";ice

!

11

2Dec,40lca.'l-l.eduptcl'Iach::ichtenersatzabtc:'-1''ung.2 i:: :;tettifrr rl';hc::'e he was t::ai'ned as 3' \il"/T l.t ;.1.i,:l]t...

DECLASSIFIED

NAA

dtr

r Feb 411 went on

ea.

]/i6.y-3qne

Horchlehrkornpan:Le

in

x5{

HA[.LE.

I N,lErs,\bt in FRANIGIIRT, vrhere he trad a fcrtnightrs instruction as an Ausvrerter Then i;o Hcrchzug N in tr'inland, where he reraained, retreatini vrii;h the rest :.f the unit tc Nonvay' 0n 1st Jan,45 he rnas transfemed frcn the Zu6 to the

l+1

NA.A

B,

to

'1

1 Stab.

gave a general strrnmary

cf the Russian caI-l-sign

system:-

The Russians, unlike the Gennans cr the ,lrglo-,Lmericans, rltrere alvretys systemati.c-i.e. their bocks and tabl-es l/ere elther systematically amanged or if nct vrere used j-n a systercatic vray. Then there was a narked difference betlreen the ca}I-si;,n usage of the Arriiy and Air Fo:'ce on the cne hand atrd the NIO-D cn the cther. NKI/D call-signs, as fer: as tioperaticnal[ units 'nere ccnoe;:tredr(5..eo fcrrrard cf dir.risirn)vrere a]'nays p:'onouncable,The NKuVD front staff s(ccrresponding r:rulhl-y t:, a Ger'rnan Heeresgruppe )vrcrking vrith dlvs cr regts i,rculd ta,ke their ca,ll*signs unsysteraatically from TPR l+1, I:ut iJ pcssible frcn :nly cne Teiltafel(100 c/s), The divisicna] and re;i.nrental nets rvoul-C. take their ffi syater*aticalJ.y frora TPR &.J.

,\rtry and ,'r.i-r Force fcrT,va.rd cf divisicn tcck c/s systematieally frcr-r TIE cf divisicn they worked by quarter"ing the table ind cbtaining the Rirar LJ. the hy intersecti-cn of da;,-1;1snth cooz'dinate s cn a sys'Lenatically -c/s selected di.agonal, But sor:retlnres they usecl TPR 4J quite unsysternatically. Blcrne appeared tc be a very ablc rnan, and ccuid probably prcvide detaileil ansi,'/ers to errgr Flrticular questicns in his field, thcugh cf ccurse his kncrrledge ends, for all practi-caI purpcseeiwith Ncvo 44.

Vf.

FldIFJ" ,\lexander, Qb,qefrr

26 Aur: 39t called up tc a Ccnstructlcn Bn.(Baubatn.) B Nov, 392 transferree, tc Picnierbtl" 19. rrcril there to Dclmetscherschule in IJIIPZIG.\,/as given an Entzifferung ccurse in Berlin at the beginning cf the Russian car:rpaign. 22 June /l.1 : N/r Ers Abt FR;Nffi'URT.Postcd ir::,aediately tc Hcrchzug N

in Finland"

Faure coulc1 give only soanty cletails cf the tv,rc codes alcut vrhich r,ve had lreen referced to hi.r:r by Extr, R3ZC vras a J-fi;1,, ccde, vrith 10 pages cf '100 positions each, 1O by 10, alphabeticalIl, arranged. One cclurirn of each pagerhe thcught the Bth, vras enpty. 0n1y the hundreds and tens figures cf each grcup were recil:hered. R&ZC 1700 had also 10 paE;es of 100 positicns per page. The 2nd digit of the groujl gave page, the 1st digit which half of the page, Jrd and lath digits ]ine anC cclumnn It vras neciphered. b;r higrail tables, but he was ni:t absclutel"y sure of this.

VII.

I'RUE}KI"

Iggr, Uffz,

Ncv JB:N.,IAJ Fernspr:echkcrnpanie; v"rith Palish and tr'rench cai;rpaigns. Nov &0 :Dolmetscherschule LEIPZIG" tiar 41 :0IGI in 7/:[l f cr trainingo June &1 :Na Ers ,\l:t FRINI(FURT; pcsted

F.

hacl nc

DECLASSIFIED

this unit thrcugh tc

Hcrchzug N

the

in Finl*nd.

special kncwledge of arly particular syslem tc offer. Bothr

r

--L

read sodes'an;l never workeA FAIJB3 worked entirg3, on the currently o*oupied' vrith trans'

he and. on,any unsclved" systems,. In factr'-iir"y-*"." irtiog than vri-tkr deciPherinS'

!"trt-[o""

*\ Fronrtheseinterrogations,itap;earsthatNSAllwasasrral].unit, cf rrcducing an u qoil;-;;;i;" cr tire-"a='iirn.frcnt, capable g'rade ccdes' working flow of intELli;en"* ii"i-t"t'ait-'atlcvr'anil*edium adequate"n effcrt' Aftef leaving ffi;i;"lJtie but not equipped fcr arry =tr"noiil" ffhot'" L"un nil' value ;;; Finland

its

operaticnal

'

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DECLASSIFIED

.t-

4.5d

il-O3-gr$tsifl J-.!

llr:

'ESpl!-Jb2*:j!11.;8IgL{]{9U9il-lit}Fi:qQ 0F I.A"il 11 ,*H

L{g* *l 1i{y _,,.u1;. t.}9q:

(u) {errifl:*F-!o-lBr I) Is ^nything krorun abr:ut Baltic ]:lval Callsi;ns ancl the originatorts trigrans vrirffi-Ifipear in text .rf !-f igure traffic'? . ,:,re there arqy records? ifho might knovii about the subject? 2) Geri:ian Y Service refer to daily callsigns as ,fii. They refcr to basic callsigns (.."..scveral Caily calls are equated to orle basic) as R,,-. ]Jt-,es Rrr' represent a true Russian bnsicl or idi c"r1:ritrary Gcrrnan unc?

3) In

some

military

:rnd.

air netrtorks, trigrnms arc uscd .:"s add.ressirsr in conjunction with the trigramo, rc,proscnt?

rllu"t, do the bi.griuzui, used

.l+) Othcr .netlvurks have 2 ox l+r but. mostly J, bigrar,s in th<; ad,d.ress,

5) It is presumed that all bigrans are the recipherment of a rrS,Iir tablc. irc have a.complet6 version of FT l+2. D.r the Gerraans lcno,u of later versions (",g" Ty t+3, PI 4l+ or ff 45)? If so, could thcy rcccnstruct that used in L9L$? 6) Iri .1rily

encrphcrrnent

of callsignsl

si"rc tirrec 10-Cigit keys used for

i.dJresses and

IT tablc, nrc thc

al_l?

) ger" spt:. H9*,[!I1__9],1_rirrr. .;[l!$'

(b

7) Gtve ,:letai-ls of liaison'with the Fiflhs, fhifc in FinlanJ, i:ncluJing n.jtiies and functions of tr'innisrr Sigint persoru:e1. B) ficom T/55, pagc 6: ,rhcxe are the 6000 ceris rcfcrrc,f to'i it 1r ' lt rr rl'trat further letails can l:e given of thc o\ ]'K'ri.) coale referrod to? ifas it the rrhitc -ieq book refer4ci to cn P i{"ic 11? Cou]l thc follouring lcteils bc supplicJ for thcso colcs: /\ \ r./

(n)

(") (d)

/ \ _ (") (

")

;19il,"

rlp

,;ere they alphabetie? tfhat ''rv:rs the period of use? ;lcre thcy

still

!!yry_t- p[rj]G[.:

.,ritc up in rlctail rcthols uscl to brcak CJ5 ml 10) " irl l-gir+. iI!-ittr!!*li-9!-:

running

thc party left linlanJ? irullest possible Jeta.ils of i-nlica'"or systcras. Gcnerally spcalcing, thcre !'ras a length chcck in tirc penultimate tcxt group, giving number of text groups Lcss 3,'5 ob 7. il"hich were tlie non-textual groupsr an,,[ w]rat was tlreir precise f'unction? If the coJc refcrrcJ.to on pagc 6 lvas rot thc ;fhlte Sce. onc, vrhcro was it used? rias it the succeseor of IilrZC-lIOO? DLrl it rcally,,--contain LOrOOO groups? .-- --'--::---I:' ,rhat was the m4ke-up,and length of a:i,litives usedS iles arry lrork ionc on e. loublu n,lJittire system? rrLrcn

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