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A detailed account of Sir Winston Churchill's use of Sigint before and during WWII, particularly in relation to the neutrality of Turkey.
Prior to WWII there was little military radio traffic, the bulk of any intercepts being ex-cable of diplomatic origin. The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and the Abyssinian War of 1935-36 began to provide military & naval radio traffic, mainly of Italian origin, which was decrypted by GC&CS, and at about the same time there was a commercial section monitoring German imports of strategic materials.
These activities provided some practical experience for the major , which lay ahead.
Not forgetting the invaluable contribution of the Poles who passed details of the Enigma Machine to the British & French in the woods at Pyry on the southern outskirts of Warsaw in 1939. A machine was brought back to Bletchley Park via Paris and London.
Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty in 1914, having been involved with the British misfortunes of the Dardanelles and the failure of Turkish neutrality in WWI, was particularly 'tuned' to the scenario of Turkey being neutral again.
This book relates to his influence on British foreign policy to ensure that Turkey did not align itself with the Axis powers.
Actual diplomatic decrypts from many sources to many destinations made in the period 1941 until D-Day are enumerated in Appendix 1.
Appendix 2 enumerates the countries whose diplomatic messages were intercepted, together with relevant call signs and frequencies in kHz., also showing which intercept station (known as a "Y" station) received the messages.
Other appendices, notes, and bibliography give a wealth of information, with details of sources. Lastly there is an extensive index making this a valuable reference book.
©John of Aylesbury
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