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Chairman MPSC
ACP 121 - Communication I n s t r u c t i o n s General
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This HQ has noted the following item appended to t h e Minutes
of the 135th Meeting of t h e fiAK S i g n a l s T r a f f i c Committee.
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GCHQ (Government Communications HQ) h a s agreed t h a t
t h e B r i t i s h S i g i n t oommunioations network must oonform to -the
new U . S . system for the f o l l o w i n g r e a s o n s t
(a)

I t i s i n t e g r a t e d with t h e U . S . C r i t i c a l I n t e l l i g e n c e
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t r a f f i o handled b e i n g of 0 . 8 . o r i g i n or f o r r e l a y i n t o
t h e U . S . network.

(b)

Without conformity confusion would r e s u l t a t both
and t r a f f i c h a n d l i n g l e v e l s .

(c)

Less than 1% of B r i t i s h Slgia,t t r a f f i o , i n encrypted
form, i s c a r r i e d on U.K. .^ervioe o h a n n e l s , t h e r e n » i n e j _ ^ /
b e i n g c a r r i e d on e x c l u s i v e c i r c u i t s / c h a n n e l s .

(d)

During the p a s t deoade S i g i n t t r a f ' i o precedences have
beoome devalued to the e x t e n t t h a t PKICftlTY has a l m o s t
become the normj the r e v a l u a t i o n e f f e c t e d by the U. .
system i s d e s i r a b l e because i t w i l l r e s t o r e the precedenc
remaining i n use t o near p a r a t y w i t h o t h e r B r i t i s h u s a g e ,

(e)

Conformity would i n any case beoome n e c e s a a ry b e f o r e l o n g ,
f o r r e a s o n s of automation whioh a r e now m o t i v a t i n g the
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