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X-WR-CALDESC:12 Nov 1917: AEF Radio Intelligence Section opened an intercep
t site at Souilly\, France. In the photo\, a soldier mans a radio intercep
t station in France. Courtesy of 'A Short History of Army Intelligence' by Mic
hael E. Bigelow. \n\nOn November 12\, 1917\, a station in Souilly
opened with one sergeant and eight men from the Second Field Signal Battal
ion. In the first month of continuous 24-hour operation\, the station reco
rded a total of 393 messages and 1\,173 calls which were turned over to th
e RIS for training purposes. From that point on\, it became standard for a
ll new intercept operators to first receive training at the schools at Lan
gres and Gondrecourt and then be placed as close to the front line as prac
ticable for their advanced training.\n\nThe two operators at the intercept
station at General Headquarters recorded and turned over to the RIS\, Gen
eral Staff\, an average of 15 messages and seven press reports a day durin
g the month of November 1917. From the date the first intercept was receiv
ed\, messages came in so fast that the tiny staff of the RIS\, General Sta
ff\, were unable to handle them all\, and it soon became necessary to enla
rge the section. Officers and clerks were therefore obtained from all avai
lable sources. In the case of officers\, a search was made for men of high
mental caliber who also knew German.
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DESCRIPTION:12 Nov 1917: AEF Radio Intelligence Section opened an intercept
site at Souilly\, France. In the photo\, a soldier mans a radio intercept
station in France. Courtesy of 'A Short History of Army Intelligence' by Mich
ael E. Bigelow. \n\nOn November 12\, 1917\, a station in Souilly o
pened with one sergeant and eight men from the Second Field Signal Battali
on. In the first month of continuous 24-hour operation\, the station recor
ded a total of 393 messages and 1\,173 calls which were turned over to the
RIS for training purposes. From that point on\, it became standard for al
l new intercept operators to first receive training at the schools at Lang
res and Gondrecourt and then be placed as close to the front line as pract
icable for their advanced training.\n\nThe two operators at the intercept
station at General Headquarters recorded and turned over to the RIS\, Gene
ral Staff\, an average of 15 messages and seven press reports a day during
the month of November 1917. From the date the first intercept was receive
d\, messages came in so fast that the tiny staff of the RIS\, General Staf
f\, were unable to handle them all\, and it soon became necessary to enlar
ge the section. Officers and clerks were therefore obtained from all avail
able sources. In the case of officers\, a search was made for men of high
mental caliber who also knew German.
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SUMMARY:1917: AEF Radio Intelligence Section opened intercept site at Souil
ly\, France.
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