Alst - Main branch office administering more
than one Ast.
Abwehrnebenstelle. NEST - Subsidiary branch of Abwehr.
Abwehrstelle. Ast - A main Abwehr station, in home or occupied
Territory, in Army Command area.
AFHQ. Allied Force Headquarters - Allied command covering the
central and western Mediterranean.
AK. Abwehrkommando - Mobile Abwehr field units attached to
army groups or armies. (See FAK)
Alst. See Abwehrleitstelle.
Amt VI. Foreign intelligence office of the RSHA.
AMZON. American zone of Germany.
ANCXF. Allied Naval Command, “X” Force - Intelligence/
deception body for Allied Naval Command.
Ast. See Abwehrstelle.
AZUSA. OSS/SSU designation of atomic energy information
(OSS also used codeword RAMONA).
B Branch/B Division. The counter-intelligence section of MI5.
B1a. Double agent section of MI5 B Division.
B1b. ISOS analysis section of MI5 B Division.
B Section. Counter-intelligence section of ISLD.
BCRA. Bureau Centrale de Renseignement et d’Action, French
Gaullist intelligence and operational services to 1944.
Bletchley Park. SIGINT organization (see GC&CS) controlled
by MI6.
BLUEJACKET. A CEA used either for tactical or strategic
deception.
BMA. Bureau des Menées Anti-Nationales, Vichy Military CI.
BRASS. 2nd British Army.
Broadway. British Intelligence (MI6 Headquarters).
BRONZE. 102 SCIU with 1st Canadian Army.
BSM. Bureau de Sécurité Militaire, French Military Security.
BULLION. 21 AG in Belgium.
C. The head of MI6, also CSS.
CEA. Controlled Enemy Agent.
Centrale. Enemy radio base station which corresponds with
a CEA.
Chicken Feed. True information passed to the enemy in an
effort to build up the credibility of a double agent.
CIB. SHAEF Counter-Intelligence Branch, part of G-2.
CIC. Counter Intelligence Corps (US) .
CICI. Combined Intelligence Centre Iraq.
Cinquième Bureau. 5th Bureau, created in wartime, combined
all French military intelligence agencies.
CRUSADE. Codename for MI6(V) at Ryder St, London.
CSDIC. Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre.
D Measure. Order to execute someone immediately
(French usage).
DESPOT. The term for a CEA used for penetration but not
for tactical or strategic deception. An earlier definition was “Any
agent controlled by [ the Allies] whose function is to deceive
the enemy. This will cover agents planted by [the Allies] on
the enemy as well as enemy agents [they] turn around, and
will be used irrespective of the means employed (e.g. W/T
or direct contacts)”.
Deuxième Bureau. 2nd Bureau, Overall French Military
Intelligence Directorate, G-2 equivalent.
D/F’ing. Radio Direction Finding (used to track illicit
transmitters).
DGER. Direction Générale des Études et Recherches, French
Intelligence Directorate.
DGSS. Direction Générale des Services Spéciaux, 1944 merged
BCRA and French traditional service.
DIVER. Codename for a DA, an Allied agent who penetrated
enemy Intelligence Services by physical contact.
DMI. Director of Military Intelligence.
DMO. Director of Military Operations.
DSM. Direction de Sécurité Militaire, French Military Security
Directorate formed 1943 by Gen Giraud in North Africa.
DSO. Defence Security Office / Officer, representatives of
MI5 in British overseas possessions, and some neutral
states.
DST. Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire, replaced
French ST in 1944.
ETO. European Theater of Operations.
ETOUSA. European Theater of Operations US Army.
FAK. Frontaufklärungskommando. Mobile Abwehr field units
attached to army groups or armies. (See AK)
FAT.
