Personnel and Perception Problems
During the late 1930’s, fundamental issues arose which ultimately resulted in the withdrawal, until World War II, of enlisted marine intercept operators for COMINT operations.
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Sgt Lesko – The First Intercept Operator at Shanghai
Shanghai’s allowance of one sergeant and eight enlisted Marines was basically the same as the Peiping site. The first marine intercept operator assigned to Shanghai was then Sgt Stephen Lesko.
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The Manchurian Incident
September 18, 1931 was significant in the Peiping station’s history.
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First Marine Intercept Operators
In 1931, to improve security, the intercept site was moved to another location near the U.S. Naval Attaché’s residence.
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Shanghai, China
Pre-World War II United States Naval Communication Intelligence (COMINT) operations were largely conducted by Navy personnel. However, some 40 USMC officers and enlisted personnel whose contributions have gone relatively unheralded but were no less important were also involved.
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The U.S. military was entirely unprepared for the information war that awaited it on the Western Front. It would have to race to catch up.
