Greece: NATO Infrastructure Committee Visit

Survey Section, SHAPE
Bob, There was a special comms area in HQ NATO/OTAN. These were reading files available to the promotable to Flag and General ranks and those already Flag/General rank. They were disguised in the phone book as Survey Section, SHAPE. When assigned to Fort Huachuca, Arizona I met someone who worked there. The only officers with access were either American or British. The other Allies were not entrusted with access. The office got phone calls asking to survey a parking lot or such and were told the office did not do that kind of work. LOL

Survey Section, SHAPE
We can rest assured that NATO allies did not have access to TS/SCI. Perhaps the USDEL as a U.S. government entity did have access. The CINC in Panama, and all the CINCs, have an assigned POLAD, Political Advisor, that has the rank and standing of ambassador. I recall seeing teletypes from a high level in NATO that used the RW**** routing indicator. We received these but could not send teletypes to these RW**** routing indicators. I've never seen these routing indicators in the listings on the internet. This is strictly a communications mystery that would only interest those working in communications centers. There are many stories germane to operations and handling of messages that would only interest people with a similar background.