INFORMATION FROM RADIO SOURCES OTHER THAN THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS.

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005374653
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 23, 2015
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2009
• Case Number: F-2009-00165
• Publication Date: June 24, 1942

MEY..ORAND`i".i; FOR TT'J CHIEF, SITUATION A.D PLANNING BRANCH:
"ubject: Inforcr:.tion frcn: Rstdio Sources Other Than
theFederal Corww::.unicationr .
EASTERN EUROPE
Russ Is
T7 German ualitnry now occupying the Russia:? city
of Keroh avopear to be operating the for,:er Russian wireless
channels of that ca.ty, under their original calls, UKG-2 and
'JKG-3, both of which have been observed calling BLS. Berlin.
'KG-3 was he rd trnne;,'.ttint-; five-l: tter groups.
Times and frequencies have been recorded on both.
The German operators were inexperienced, and the signal tone
very rough, indicating that the original transmitter was prob-
ably destro;ye by the Ruselr..ns.
Finland
of week direct radio traffi.c between Italy and
Finland were heard, much of it in the clear in German and
Italian. From both the increase and nature of the traffic and
some of t :e content in the clear text, it would ajrpear that
some Italian troogs are operating in Finddnd.
Turkey
Me German Gestapo circuits from TurKey to Hamburg
have been terrifically active. The frequency of two main air-
cults are 'recorded, together wit`, one rather permanent time
schedule.
FAR EAST
Jar. an
Frequencies, *ours, dates, call letters, etc., have
been noted with regard to the various Jnpnnnese traffic, par-
ticularly that from Station CEA2, Santiago, Chile. Generally,
this traffic is Japanese diplomatic going to and from the
Foreign Office and the Embassies, Japanese military "War De-
partment and Attaches) andJapanese Naval(;:avy Department and
Attaches). Consular and other types of messages have been
heard clearly on many frequencies and times from some one
hundred points in Japan, China and the Dutch East Indies. ..ost
of the traffic has been in five Roman letter groups and in
numeral groups sent in Japanese short signals. Some Japanese
front line messages in Ramat have been heard and their fre-
quencies and hours, etc., noted.
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DATE: 09-Jun-2009
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As Considerable inort-.se in traffic ins been observed between
Stab ,n D"C, Berlin ,nd :Ax, K?Lb il, %fi , :ar.i tan, w, t . "rus:."
traf#ick. It w: u.. seei, wort while a,,.er the circ t,.aces to
watch well be connected w i t;, or;::;ib if thurst:1 of the
Axis in Egypt and b,iyon, tn_~ ;:ro?,_oot of e nine fat~,,:! e Poe",?
ible drives of t.. n nel,ui.a-warc.
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South America
At the womert to,ere is r great amount of caution by Gestapo
agents in the +estern ae ,isi,?a ?e. :n,a rrer r?ce twelve Gestapo
circuits have been heard, moot of them wit!i ah!,.nging calls but
with MMMNT, JOR, and BX7 frequently occuring. ?requencies a ve
been recorded, but here is con,1i1hrab1e change as to time
schedules.
Chile
Since t ntrance of the United States into the war, Santiago,
Chile, ap.j, ;.rs to have beco.; t -e c: .r:,= 1 t..ro `': which the bulk
of comaunication> frou, the esters hei-Li ;oiiere has been and is
being transmitted to Japan. On the dray .:e declared war, a message
was interce;:ted going fro., :,.exico City Tokio, a, --.es age in
Spanish fro.:; t`is -Japanese Ambassador toe Japoonese Foreign
Office, in which the Ambassador state) that t::^ laxican Government
would permit toe tranen~isoaion of radio,;.-s, s only in the clear - in
Spanish or xgiis,,. this situation w;;ul. a,.. War to have caused
the Japanese Government to torn e.e.av^here for en outlet unrestricted
in this regard.
iithin z #ew days, Santiago, Chtte tecan:e very active on its
short-wave circuits linking Takio.
Thi= development was reported by the radio source involved to
a government official presumably comuetent to initiate the necessary
action.
The Atl ntic ani the Caribbean
e canon transoceanic ewe ervice's daily transmission over
short-wave wireless tel:ngraph station TIT, Berls,n, has made a
significant departure front its routine by interspersing Nazi govern-
ment secret messages, comprised of five-number groups.
The press sequence is interrupted by a call WSER/DOPAU
WEBER/DonAU 'hESFR/DO?'AU and then messages of from one hundred to
one hundred and fifty groups are sent. It has been learner from a
relieable source that these words were used by the German Govern-
ment in 1917 and 1919 to designate encoded and enciphered messages
transmitted to German submarines. It will be recalled as having
been noted bn the FCC reports that directions andin.formation have
been brorAcast on "voice" radio, appasently intended for submarines
in the Atlantic and Caribbean. It would also ap;>ear likely that
the orypftograms hidden in press traffic are also intended for
submarines.