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EXAMINATION UNIT [1 record]

Record 1 2013-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Intelligence (Military)
  • Encryption and Decryption
DEF

A civilian organization [established in 1941] under the National Research Council [that] worked with intercepted foreign electronic communications collected largely from the Canadian Signal Corps station at Rockcliffe airport in Ottawa.

OBS

The Examination Unit decrypted, translated, and analyzed foreign signals, and turned that raw information into useful intelligence reports during the course of the Second World War.

OBS

This organization was the predecessor to the Communications Branch, National Research Council (CBNRC) that would become the Communications Security Establishment Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
  • Chiffrage et déchiffrage
DEF

Organisme civil [fondé en 1941] sous l'égide du Conseil national de recherches [qui a traité] des communications électroniques étrangères [...] interceptées surtout par la station du Canadian Signal Corps à l'aéroport de Rockcliffe à Ottawa.

OBS

Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la Sous-section de l'examen a décrypté, traduit et analysé des transmissions étrangères et a transformé ces données brutes en rapports de renseignements utiles.

OBS

Cet organisme était le prédécesseur de la Direction des télécommunications du Conseil national de recherches (DTCNR) qui deviendra le Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications Canada.

Spanish

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