| previous page | next page | index page |
M.Dv. 32/1.
82. The following work is to be done by the radio personnel.
83. The message is handed in to the radio room after having been
enciphered according to Officer Procedure or Staff Procedure and
is then to be enciphered like a message according to Enigma General
Procedure.
84. The time group is to be fixed in the same way as for a General
message, unless the already enciphered message has a time group
when it is handed in to the radio room.
85. The following items are to be entered in the column "Book
" immediately following the beginning indicator groups:
(i) Urgency signs: as per Enigma General Procedure
(2) Addresses and signatures : as per Enigma General Procedure
(3) The word "Offizier" or, as the case may be, "Stab".
(4) The indicator letter immediately following, written out
The last of the groups formed by (1) to (4) is to be filled
out to four letters. The dummy letters in this case are the first
letters of the written out indicator letter. Suppose, for example,
that the indicator letter is "Anton". Then
one dummy letter will be a,.
two dummy letters will be an,.
three dummy letters will be ant.
(5) The four-letter enciphered groups of the message as it
has been handed into the radio room, unaltered.
Experienced cipher workers may omit the step of entering these
groups into the column of "Book Groups".
86. The message, having been entered according to paragraph 85,
is now to be enciphered according to Enigma General Procedure,
including the groups referred to in paragraph 85 (5).
87. Prepare the message for sending, according to paragraph 69.
88. For reasons of cipher security, sending Officer and Staff
messages without enciphering them according to Enigma General is
absolutely forbidden.
| previous page | next page | index page |
