20. Mr. ROBINSONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the short- 1988 wave wireless used by the Admiralty for long-distance communications is of such a nature that the messages cannot be intercepted by private individuals or operators in the service of other nations?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThere is no secrecy in the methods of short-wave wireless telegraphy communication used by the Admiralty, except in so far as codes and cyphers are used. Messages as coded, or those in plain language, can be intercepted by anyone.