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Of TBS. --m1E'ED STATES OF .A.MERI.CA 

Office or the llilltary A ttache 

Amerioan Legation, Dublin, Ireland 

7 October 1946 

SUBJECT: Cryptographic Messages tor other Government Departments. 

'l'O a Direator of Intelligence, :m, woos, llashillgton 25, D.o. 

l. Recentl.J the volume of incoming o:eyptographic messagea tor the 

state ~rtment in War J)epartment qstems received 11¥ this office pertain1ng 

to me.tiers with 11hioh this of:f'ice 1s not concerned has increased to the poim 

where the norml tunctioning of this oftiet :lD bei:og severei, handioa~ed. _ •. _ , 

· · 2~'''.?he following 1s a recapitulation or recent messages for the Legation, 

this sta~ion, which were by necessity decoded by the undersi~d1 

• -. __ · ": ·ir."·ttece1Ted on 26 September olaasified message for Ametioan. Embaa91, 

Dublin from the Office l!'ore:l.gn Liquidation Com:dssioner, Paris on 24 Septembe:r 

th1"U Western Ba11e aection, .Paria on 25 Septetlber, thru London on same dateJ 

154 groups,_ (no date time group)1 time re~ i!o ~90-~ - J ~. _ _ ---~ - - - - :: :; - - - :. :::- - . -

- . . --b. ce1ved on 1 October olaaaitied message for American F.mbasflJ', 

-~.~Jll,"J;'igQ WJ.ite.ry Govermnant, United states, Berlin, on 28 September, 

thru Frarud'ort on 30 SeptemberJ 171 groups; time requi~ed to deCQ.9' ~J }Joun. 

c. Received on 5 October claesitied message tor American Legation, 

Dublin from arLC, Paris on 4 October thrll. London on same date; 131 groups 

(DO datE! .t~ group) J time required to deoode - 2 houx:s•_ . 

. a., lteceived on 7 October olassitied message for American Embassy 1 

Dublin trom OJGUS, Berlin on 4 October tb:ru. Frankfort. on eame dateJ 170 groupBJ 

time required to decode • 2t hours. 

-- 3. Contents ot messages indicate that further classified messages to 

this Legation will be forthcoming trom senders 1nd1cated above. 

-.. 4. It 1s realized that Ul¥id Section IV, par 48b ot AR 380·51 messages 

tor other departments ot the Government ID87, when necessary 1 be cryptographad 

in War .. !l,e:partm&nt SJstems. However, it is believed that 1n each or the cities 

trom which the above messages origimted there is a State Department Message 

Genter equ1.pped to handle classified JllfBsages to this etation1 ~~~· ! . . - - -

a. Berlin - O.t'f'ice or the United States Political Ad:V'iser OD 

Ge:I"Ji8n Jit!ain~ 

b. Frankf"o:rt .. American Consul General Otn,c,, 

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s. It 1• requested that due to the small staff on dutT in the CMA. 

in this Legation, the senders of the above massages be requested to utilize 

u. s. state Department facilities in sending claas1fied messages to this 

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will. allntl the untnorable .S.tuation wh1oh baa clntU.opecl 1n 

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~or Studer Jlaj,2t.-Aroh~r, Attache Branoh 

Captain Pa:i;-kes, State Dept;. 

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