Telegraphs Deciphered By The Government Code And Cypher School (Gccs) During The Negotiation Of Second Round Of The Lausanne Conference (May-June 1923)
Telegraphs Deciphered By The Government Code And Cypher School (Gccs) During The Negotiation Of Second Round Of The Lausanne Conference (May-June 1923)

Summary/Abstract: Having finalized the necessary preparations at the beginning of the 20th century in terms of operationalizing radio and telegraph communications gathered by the intelligence services, on 1 November 1919, the British Government founded the GCCS. The GCCS led to changes in the British intelligence concept regarding its work on deciphering not only the enemy but also the ally states’ radio and telegram communications.Thus, the signals intelligence agencies contributed to the development of the strategy to be followed by the British during the negotiations of the Lausanne Conference.This study focuses on the contents of the telegram communications partially or fully deciphered solely by the GCCS which were then submitted for the decision makers consideration during the second round of the Lausanne Conference; the period when the actual treaty was being formed. The telegrams in question include not only the correspondence of the Turkish representatives present at the Lausanne Conference, but also that of America, Italy, France and Greek correspondences with the concerned authorities. Hence, the GCCS records constitute the main source of this study.

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