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CONTENTS

CHAPTER

PAGE

 

FWD

3

FOREWORD

ONE

4

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE 'Y' SERVICE

  5 DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE
 

14

SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE

 

19

THE NATIONAL SERVICEMAN, A BRIEF OUTLINE

 

22

THE FIRST EXTRACT FROM JOHN RICHARDSON'S STORY OF LANGELEBEN

 

23

WELCOME TO LANGELEBEN

 

29

KÖNIGSLUTTER 1954 - A STORY FROM THE AMERICAN ASA

TWO

32

THE LANGELEBEN FORUM, SOME EXTRACTS

 

47

JOHN FORTEY'S RECOLLECTIONS

 

50

CHRIS GREGORY'S RECOLLECTIONS

  53 GEOFF BUCKLEY PERSONAL MEMORIES OF LANGELEBEN 1958
 

61

IT COULD ONLY HAPPEN AT LANGELEBEN - KEN VIPOND RECALLS

 

62

KEITH KERBY'S RECOLLECTIONS

 

65

RANDOM MEMORIES FROM VARIOUS MEMBERS AND DEREK FOWLER

 

66

LEARNING THE MORSE CODE AND THE PATH TO BECOMING AN OP SPEC

 

72

HUMOUR IN UNIFORM, TOM NEAL

 

73

MORE REMINISCENCES OF ARMY LIFE

 

75

SPEC OP' MEMORIES OF A NATIONAL SERVICE SPECIAL OPERATOR 1958 -1960 BY  219 'SKIP'

THREE

93

JIM JARMAN, A REAL OLD SOLDIER

 

94

LIFE AS A BOY SOLDIER BY 'FARMER' VAUGHAN WITH COMMENTS BY DAVE THOMAS

 

95

RICHARD COGHLAN AND THE EARLY DAYS AT LANGELEBEN

 

101

LANGELEBEN - THE LATER YEARS. ANOTHER  EXTRACT FROM JOHN RICHARDSON'S STORY

 

103

BEHIND THE NAAFI COUNTER - MARLENE'S UNEXPURGATED MEMORIES

 

105

LANGELEBEN - IN MY VIEW. GERRY KANE'S MEMORIES.

FOUR

109

D.F. EQUIPMENT, DEREK FOWLER

  109 JIM JARMAN COMMENTS
  110 RECOLLECTIONS BY PAUL COOK(MTO) 1961 - 63
  113 LANGELEBEN 1958 - 59 AS RECALLED BY CHRIS RUNDLE
 

118

RAMBLINGS OF A NATIONAL SERVICEMAN. BILL LLOYD.

 

122

ANOTHER INSTALMENT FROM JOHN RICHARDSON LANGELEBEN 1982-1985.

 

128

LANGELEBEN MEMOIRS - GORDON PEACOCK AN I. CORPS VOICE OP

FIVE

136

MORE EXTRACTS FROM THE FORUM

SIX

157

I WANT TO BE IN THE INTELLIGENCE CORPS - PAUL CROXSON'S ARMY 'CAREER'

SEVEN

178

MIKE MILLER - ON DETACHMENT AT LANGELEBEN

 

187

LANGELEBEN-THE 1960'S ANOTHER EXCERPT FROM JR'S BOOK

 

189

RICHIE HAMMOND RECALLS - FROM AUSTRALIA

 

190

ROBBIE MCCALLUM'S RECOLLECTIONS

  192 BRIAN KEIGHTLEY RECALLS
EIGHT

193

LANGELEBEN 1982-1985. JOHN RICHARDSON FERRETS THROUGH HIS DIARIES

NINE 222 DENNIS WEIR - SOME GOLDEN MEMORIES OF MY LANGELEBEN YEARS
TEN

245

AN ESTONIAN'S LIFE AS A SPY

  256 JEREMY WHEELER'S notes on life at JSSL, Crail, Maresfield, Birgelen and RAF Gatow – in West Berlin during the approx. period from June 1956 to end January 1958
 

274

I SERVED WITH THE 3RD SHOCK ARMY SPYING ON THE BRITISH

ELEVEN

279

INTERCEPTION - AN ANONYMOUS AMERICAN VIEW FROM THE WEB

  282 JOHN RICHARDSON BRINGS HIS PERSONAL MEMORIES TO A CLOSE 1990-92
 

294

LANGELEBEN, THE SWAN-SONG BY JOHN RICHARDSON

 

297

SOVIET TROOPS IN GERMANY 1945 - 1994, A BRIEF HISTORY

 

304

COMMANDERS IN CHIEF OF THE 3RD SHOCK ARMY IN GERMANY

PHOTO'S   VOLKSWAGEN FACTORY, ASSORTED CAMP, BRAUNSCHWEIG LION

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