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G-2 ~Si~s "I") , faFHQ •• • • • • • 2 - 4-

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GSI s), AAI••••••••••••••• 6 

GSI B, lmF•••··~•·••••••••• 7 

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Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 04-28-2014 
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Na.me: CHRISTEN Josef 

R&nlc: Pte (Gefr) ~ MIONSKOtlSKI Aleamer. ~ ~ 

Unit: 2 car 114 1,.. Tl': BN· (H'J). 

Pte (Gefr) 

F.P.No: 3'919A. 

2 CC7l 114 .&.TK .BN (HQ). 

33919A 

Id. No: St.Kp.Fl&.Ers.Btl.47 . 

Deserted.: - 'J/I+ Dec 44, 5 Arrw Front. 

St.Kp.Pz.Jg. Auab • ..J>t.4,;. 

J/4 Dea 44, 5 arrq l!,ront. 

Secret No: ,MW1973 114lt/1~74. Interroga tad :CSDIC (Ma in) CMF, 1 O Dao 44. CSDIC(lfain)/CMF1 10 Doc 44. 

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~.qbJect ot Re10tl,t. RASTEHSCHUJESSEL procedure: _. KlJ.1PM'1bCHRI-CHTEN3CELUmSEL: 

Co.llsigns and frequencies allotment: 

Perscmcili tics. 

PREIJ4BLE 

----Both 'Pf(, in canpa:n;y \7i th c. third., deserted from their m.roless van on 

the mght 3/4 Dec. Thay arc voey keen to givo lllf'ormation a:nd to say all • 

they kna.1, tl.oueh they contrr.d:i.ct co.ch othor on c. number 'Of points. CHRIS7.EN 

explains this 'b-/ 6 ... ying thc.t ltIOOK.OriSKI .IC.s ill in Nov o.nd hlld onJ¥ just 

returned to his uhit be.fore thEr.r deserted, henoo his lmOillodge is less 

oanplete_.. ' .. · · , ' 

CHRISTEN: 23 yeL1r old .\lsntion, o.illod up to the GaruE:n l-..1.'lffl in Jo.n 43. 

Very c.nti-GoI'JDP.n, c.ni fo.irly intfllligent. •fishes to join the 

J.ilrenah .t~nv. 

MIClffiKO""rlSKI: 22 ye'"lr old canmeroia.l omployeo,fran Df'.N.d:IG oc.lled up in 

Oat 42. Very anti-German 1 0.:nd,also f'a.irl{r intelligent. rfashes 

to join tho Polish ~'..ruv. 

- i!l~ilij;z_.2.f_both P.f: Fo.ir. 

HISTORY 

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CHRISTEN: 

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Jnn 44 

Cc.l.].ed up to 47 lt.rtlT3' I ..... Depot Bn at \lUEBZBtJRG. 

'T.rninins c.s ilT operator. . Posted 1;o :ne\lfy f'ormcd lltn 1, .... Dopot c.:nd Tng Coy (mot) ct 

SOLB..D H.~, TYRCL. 

Posted to l.D.st umt., 114 .a..TJ:: Bn,in CRo;..TL •• Subsequently 

movod to I'ULY 'nth 114 Div. 

JiICNSKOl'ISKI: 

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1 6 Oct 42 Celled up to 43 :, 1 Tk Tng Bn, nc· r Y..Ol.'TBUS. T'!'ll ini.ng as 

•fT o;orator. 

29 Mo.r lt-3 Postad to 114 .... Tk B:n in CRO. .. ir~.. Subseqq&nt m.avemonts as 

tor CHRIST=t~. 

3. .§J~ .... EQRIIJm.__m .1.1~_::·. ~ Bil. 

The Bn is oquiJ?l.">Qd w1th 80 vlPtt c.nl '5 ..c.tt trN·umo.ttors nni 11 b11 

reooivers. Bn HQ and 1 nm 3 Coys bo.w 80 -rlt'tt trnllSli11tters., nm 2 Coy 

(.i..ssault Gun Cq,r) bns the 35 'M'tt I'b:.liml sots, normo.ll3 usad 111 ta.Ilka, 

possib4' knmm es R.P. CH..,. 
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REF ID:A653 • • I • . .... 

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- UnderlAys for ea.ch da.y cf the month ho'lve boon issued for tho whole I;n since , . .. MIC i,J,.. The bloc!t:a issi.ied bea.r fl. mmber, wiuoh is not signalled. The Dn :reco.ivod 

a block of unclerl..'\ys fer the oonth of Dae i,J,. bearing the n.uilbor 55720(Prl CliRISTlli) 

1 .. bout r.lid-I;ov li4 instructions \lore issued c. ncer11lllg lroy-grqu.ps tor l"lesso.ges 

signalled in Rl..STERSCHLUESSEL. la.ccorchng to both I\f tho key-group is ref'errod to 

a.a thfl "ba.sic-eroup" ( GRmi":OORUPP.E). 

' Until md-l(ov 44- this g.roup contained four lottors, \lluch indic...'\ted the 

":Sto.rt-point",. i.e. n bi(;:m.r.t for the colLWJr\ and a bir;ran for the line, onciphenng 

stnrbng frorl th.a noxt a.vc.i1'lblc •,/lute space. Tho "start-point" vro.s ca.lcul.."\tod 

by ad.dine, the mwbe.r or letters to the digi ... s indicatin& the dnutes in the tiJ 10-

o:f'-ongin group. .d.s rilesSllgos Ttere often pa.seed in twL• pa.rls, c.nd thiEI 6\Ye rise 

to ciato.kos bcca.use of rJisint.orprotnti1.""lls of the a./1n inshucctions 'lbout a.dd:l..ng 

nucbor of le.ttors to dl.Gits in the "Gima-of'-or.i.gin tdnuto group, it nas dacidod to 

let operntors nnd cipher clerko choose their own 1ratart-point 11 , nnd inchc...'\"GO it 

thorilSelves by mans of the "bo.sic-e;roup". This ncr.1 cr...'1sists tf six letters : n 

bigrar. for the colwnn, a. b1grari1 for the line and a third bigl'f\1ll for the column in 

-wh1

1 ~~ isd :fkWJ.d the nv~il,..'\ble spa.ca !!:.t!=J._'!¥.cl~ ~d_;.nA.-_o_f'! (de>J!11"1D.~)_ot ~­

.C:..:.Puure te~ ~l2:.n.!• 

The ~ncipher:l.nc; proceeds as before, lino ~fter lino, ... Jm the rc'\chn3 off of 

onciphered text proceeds a.a :)Qfuro, i.e., first the text is rend dormwn.rds from 

the column indicnted b-.,r the third bisro.m in the 11ba.s1c-group", thon -:.he colw:m 

nhich is next in ascendin,c order is rea.d off, a.nd so on up to 25, a.nd thence 

trora. 1, ate. Tho cncipherina ..nf ,bi£:1'Cl.r.18 by '"lCD.ns pf tho box on the reverse of tho 

underlay hAs .!!!>! cha.nged. ' 

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:Messa.gos nmt bei;m: t.o.o. break nu.':ilber of le~ters break six letter ~roup 

break then five lotter groups. 

. D.oth N ~t~tQ.teQ. that i.his Fi.old Cot'le h'ld been in USO in the' GcnDD.D. amry 

befol'l3, a.nd th.'lt the:r had bean taught tc.. UEO it when tr11ninc: in Ge:rDlllY• Harrover, 

in 114 Di.v its usesm.s forbidden_, though thcv chd not knou ,my,up to al.11 ... ut md-l~ov 

44. Tho Field Code \r.a.s--thenti"~tecl by the Dtv; Pi'l understood thll.t it \Rl.B m'\inly 

used oy J,rtillery QPa. 

The ]'l.eld Cf,>do is a to.blo ot about 1.00 to. 150 clea.r \IO~ tor \lhich throelQ:tter code oquiw.le-nts a.re givon. These cha.ngt. everJ t\Yo J 1onths. In a.dchtion 

4:!n.ily (or t•ro-da.ily) tnblcs a.re issued every ID.Qnth givine a. fU.rther code vcrsic.n 

for oa.ch code group, also in three letters, Tlms, 1f "bndbe" = XIZ on tho 

or:i.ginc.l table a clifferent threo-lot-cer group ro.11 be sigr-"l.led for XYZ on aaoh 

&.y, or altomo.to d.'ly; so.y .irac· 011 1 ])lo, Olli.. on 2 Dec, etc. P<T cuulcl m.t GJ.VO 

tu.rthor g.et,,ils, except th..'\t n..v.es. of persons .,nd loca.litics n.re MOT sioia.llod in 

this Field. Codo, and tho.t their Dn had ten "bL'\nk" groups allo"litod to iit for 

nD.riies of offioors or fon..-r.tions, or, po ... sibly, plr..oos, etc. PW' CliRISTmi ma.1ntnined that during Hov 44 cc.de groups ch..'\n&,red dnil,y, a.nd that for Dae 44 they Trure 

tc. ch'\nge over,; twc da.ys. P.l loJ101,"SKC11/Sl;I stated that thor vrorl) to be ch"11bed d..uly. 

Tro.tfio in this l~eld Code is passed in -t/T in morse 2.!: RT, oc.ch letter baiint. 

spolt phonetic.'lll;;r (antt.n, bertn, etc). Uessa.£$es stnri. ';71.th tho nW'lbor of lottc:rs 

a.nu continue nth tho three-lelitor groups. Ii,1 addresses or si~n:\t\lr&s a.re usoQ.. 

The tro.ffl.c is upu:J.11,y be.:vreen 11p."\ck-sets 11 • 

DJ.ring Doc 44 the Field Code \ID.a to he the same for the whola ])J.vision. On 

1 Dao the orir;in..'\l table.,as issued for Dec 44- a.nd. Jan 45a but t11e da.ily (or t'woda.ily) cod.e-te!bles ·were issued for Dae onlyir 
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6. CIJL-SIGNS~Jm.JJ~Q.UEl!q.{ J~;;!!__:r;: 1,lj[§! 

1'/, CHRISTEN stated thn.t smce Dec li4 aa.11-signs and frequencies change ewr,r 

three days D.t 0300 hrs {1.e. a call-siEan "'nl :frequency is v.ilicl for 72 hours). 

Before 1 Doc 44 ca.11 .. aigns changed &lily o.t 0300 hours and i'rcquoncios evdr.," !!1.;:.o_C!, 

chys at 0300 hours. The Dl.v Signo.la Of'f10or issues tlie1i.L to tho Si~lr.nator 

(mmLEITER) a.t :On HQ, ;1ho is supposed to br1llg therJ rrund t"' tho UCO i/c \7/T 

Station (Flli.~UP.PRJEHF.ER). Howevor, in the It.. Tk. Dn c..'\ll .. signs 'i'1&re of ton u'1 ven 

to the W/T Stntion for t .. relve days (four lots) beoat1ae the :NCO X""JSpons1blo for 

bring:i.nt, them :fo:nm.rd ms l'lct keen to co:ir.o undor o.rtillorJ f'ire • 

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Pd CHRISTEH rei:ierJbered the oa.ll-si,!n YflF a.nd the .frequency -1867 KCs beinz 

actually allottor!I. to lu.s Coy in the a.U-frequenoy net of' which his mm il/T sto.t1an 

. • was pa.rt (i.e. tho lil'lk bott"roen tho Coys and the Bn t"r.l.S •On 1867 Kos :for o.11 four 

stations, YW'F -.18.s the oa11 .. s1gn far the 35 "WO.tt (ItalJAn) set \1hich 2 Coy upemtoa.) • 

. HI MIOilSKOWSll r.ninta.ine that frequencies change every throe dnys a.rid tbtl.t 

call-signs cha.ee;e daily a.t '0300 hours, 'mich PW CRDIST.Err ea.ya was the cs.so only 

before 1 DBc 44. (but seo Pl-~11-mr..E). 

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PW :t:crotiSKOWSKI cl.al.lilS to lmQW of an 11~.:m;y Order" eta tin& thn.t no moro ~/T training is to bo c;iven to now recruits bo~uso of the len1;th _of time ontailod,, 

and tha.t units have orders to 11 spo.re their il/T opora.tors" wherevor possible. D:l.v 

courses aro held - la.stinr; six woel.s .. ·for trnininc W/T personnel f:mm Cl.lllDnC tlie 

Infantry, but it appoa.rs ~hat l'.\1SUlts are poor. 

!. PERS<n.1.LITIES 

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ca.pt W'.-'iLD.«N 

Lieut SCIIIIL.'a.CH 

Ca.pt H.Jnf 

Lieut SCH.Wla.RZKO?F 

2/Lt - El~GEL 

Sgt LOEFTLER 

Set RIE~UCH 

0p1 mu.ST 

OC 114 .lu Tk. Bn 

00 1 Coy 114 lL• Tk. l:ln 

OC 2 Coy 114 '·• Tk. Dn_ 

OC 3 Coy 11=4 .lh Tk. Bn. 

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Ill nt bo&-inninz 

back shortly. 

• .otinG OC 3 Coy 114 .:'i.eTk. Dn 

S15flallia.ster (11\lnkleitor) at Br· UQ. 

?iOO i/_c egpt {~ister) o.t ;Jn HQ. 

1rco 1/c 2 Coy WT stn. Fron vr!Xail .. 

of J)uo, but clue 

9. IDE!lTIFIC.u.TIOI'! 

~.RV.Abt.(DOt)z.b.~~1. 

In PK CHRISTEr-f's paybook there is an entr3 stating th'lb on 5 ~b 44 he 

nJceiwd p"Ly :f-ran the llbovt= unit. :h'"e did not lmow what the iw.ie stood f'or. dll 

he knr.,,. \m.s that at be[., Feb liJt. his 'tl'l' stn \KL.l neo.r SORLJTO, lll 'Che neighbourhooC. 

of OOV.L'"ETO, o.nd th..'\t thoy drew po.y- frar.i. this unit, :which •10.s :ilso sta.'liic>ned at 

SORL.UiO. 

C.S.D.l.C.(i-9\in), 

c.M.F. ' 

12 Dao l+J+. 

J\rr~fr!1JJJ M<•iw. 

U. T. SHE11GOL:o,1Jl.Jor, J:. O. 

1,rr.v Saotion, 

CSDIO(Mti.in), Cl:F.