Central Bureau was one of two Allied signals intelligence organisations in the South West Pacific area during World War II.
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16 Facts About Central Bureau
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Central Bureau was attached to the headquarters of the Allied Commander of the South West Pacific area, Douglas MacArthur.
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Central Bureau's role was to research and decrypt intercepted Imperial Japanese Army traffic and work in close co-operation with other SIGINT centres in the USA, United Kingdom and India.
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Central Bureau made his way to Melbourne, arriving there on 22 March 1942.
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Central Bureau felt he had experienced problems with such an arrangement when he was in Manila.
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Central Bureau described the role of the group as "the interception and cryptanalyzing of Japanese intelligence".
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Central Bureau was established in a gabled, ivy-clad mansion called "Cranleigh" in Domain Road, at South Yarra, Melbourne.
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Central Bureau's role was to research and decrypt army and air intercept traffic and work in close co-operation with other SIGINT centres in the USA, United Kingdom and India.
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Central Bureau was responsible for arranging for the first group of US "SIGINT" personnel to come to Australia, and as Akin's control was indirect he was responsible for day-to-day running of the bureau.
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Central Bureau was succeeded by Major Abraham "Abe" Sinkov, a mathematician, who was appointed assistant director of Central Bureau.
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Central Bureau had visited Britain in 1941 to facilitate the exchange of cryptographic information.
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Central Bureau did not break any high level Japanese Army codes until mid-1943 success with the Water Transport Code.
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The Central Bureau spent a day drying the damp pages, and the flood of decoded messages that ensued meant that MacArthur has to ask the US Navy for assistance .
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Central Bureau reportedly sent the decrypted message to FRUMEL where it was reportedly translated by a U S Navy linguist.
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Central Bureau is the precursor to the Defense Signals Bureau, which after a number of name changes is called the Australian Signals Directorate.
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