Describe the organisation and work of the people at Bletchley Park

The messages grew, so the huts had to be manned twenty- four hours a day. There were three watches each with eight hour shifts. Hut 3 was manned by the head of the watch, whose job it was to hand out messages to the staff as they arrived. This was an important role because the head had to prioritize each message. Much of the work was tiresome and repetitive but nonetheless important to solving the German codes.

The translated messages were sent off to MI6 at the end of the day by van, however after an invasion of Norway a new system was setup. The people in Hut 3 had to judge the importance of each message they translated, the messages were divided into 4 piles. Pile 1- urgent messages sent by teleprinter directly to MI6, pile 2- sent by teleprinter later in the day, pile 3- sent by van and pile 4- messages not sent. This system meant that the people in hut 3 had to judge the importance of each message. Eventually Hut 3 constructed an index card of all messages received; this was created so that future messages could be cross referenced and so nothing could be missed. MI6 then passed on the messages to the armed forces.

More people were needed to cope the ever growing messages, and for more accommodation to be built more funds were needed. Several code breakers to it upon themselves to write to the Prime minister, Winston Churchill, and with much enthusiasm Churchill agreed and even made it top priority.

New recruits were brought in and soon Bletchley Park had new buildings constructed. When they came into use the staff became more departmentalised. Messages were being sent by tubes to different huts which meant that no direct contact was made between the huts. This prevented any German agents finding out what was happening, because no one person could describe all of the activities going on in each hut. This describes the level of secrecy that was maintained, as Bletchley Park was willing to spend excessive money on prolonging the intensity of separated relations between staff of the different huts. Bletchley Park continued to operate until the end of the war.