CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGES
Certain messages will be transmitted which are of the "decipher yourself" variety.
Messages will be offered as QTP.
Personal codes will be held at Station 53A (Grendon Underwood).
Upon receipt of a QTP message at Station 53A the duty Signalmaster will be informed immediately.
The duty Signalmaster Station 53A will inform the duty Signalmaster at HQ-SO that a QTP message has been received quoting serial number and both Signalmasters will record the conversation in the Signalmaster's diaries.
The message will be decoded at STATION 53A by the officer i/c codes in person, or in her absence by the codes supervisor in person.
Upon receipt of the message at HQ-SO, the teleprinter operator will pass the message to the duty Signalmaster.
The duty Signalmaster will personally:
Register the message.
Produce the necessary number of "Ormig" copies.
Place the message(s) in envelope(s) addressed to the addressee(s) and sealed with "TOP SECRET" label.
Despatch the message(s).
Record time of dispatch in the Signalmaster's diary.
The docket showing time of receipt of message will be returned to the duty Signalmaster in person.
The teleprinter copies of the message will be filed in a special confidential file maintained by the Signalmaster.
The O.C. Station 53A and Chief Signalmaster HQ-SO will take steps to ensure that the clear version of the message is NOT handled by more than the necessary minimum of people.
Methode of handling OUTWARD QTP messages.
The message should be handed in to the Signal Office SF-HQ enclosed in an envelope marked QTP, addressed to the duty Signalmaster and sealed with a TOP SECRET label.
The Duty Signalmaster will personally:
Register the message.
Pass the message to the teleprinter operator for transmission to Station 53A
Inform the duty Signalmaster of Station 53A by telephone.
Duty Signalmaster SF-HQ and Station 53A will record the conversation in the Signalmaster's diaries.
When the message has been cleared on the teleprinter, the operator will pass the original and teleprinter copy to the duty Signalmaster who will file both copies in the special confidential file maintained for QTP Messages.
Upon receipt of the message of Station 53A the teleprinter operator will pass it to the duty Signalmaster.
The duty Signalmaster will personally:
Register the message.
Pass the message to O i/c Codes or in her absence codes duty supervisor.
The O i/c Codes, or in her absence the duty supervisor, will encode the message personally and pass both the teleprinter copy and encoded version to the duty Signalmaster.
The duty Signalmaster will file the teleprinter copy in the special confidential file maintained for QTP messages and will pass the encoded version to the supervisor for clearance in the normal way.
The O.C. of Station 53A and Chief Signalmaster SF-HQ will be responsible for ensuring that the clear version of the message is not handled by more than the necessary minimum of people.
15-04-2022