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heard at the same time; and finally
through New Scotland Yard.

I was accorded a very rare privilege in
being shown all through the highly
complex Communications Room of the
Metropolitan Police. Hidden deeply in
a bomb-proof shelter, the nerve centre
of the most important urban area of the
British Empire was well guarded against
all possible forms of attack.

SHoweEep Urmost VALUE IN WAR

The main room housed most of the
radio equipment and the various means
of converting incoming information to
the correct channel. All means of com-
munication were to be seen in this room,
telephone switchboards, teletype machines,
telegraph, and the main police transmit-
ter. A large model of London marked
into various districts was in the centre of
the room, within the red boundaries of
any particular district were small model
cars with an identifying number. As a
car was directed to a particular duty a
coloured disc was put over the model
which remained there until that particular
car had completed its mission and was
again free for duty. A number of river
patrol boats were radio equipped and
were treated in the same manner as the
cars. The system employed the Morse
code exclusively, which meant an opera-
tor must be in attendance at each car or
boat receiver. I was informed by my
guide that radio-telephone transmitters
for headquarters and mobile units were
planned for the future.

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In a small adjoining room was hous
the air raid warning system. The Metr
politan area was zoned into large district
as enemy raiders approached, their tra
and speed were plotted by radar (operat
by the Armed Services) and the infc
mation passed along to the police w
were directly responsible for soundi
the sirens in the district in danger. Sor
times lone raiders would approach t
Metropolitaan area, and at one time t
buzz-bombs (pilotless planes) bro
through the protecting screen, whi
called for air raid warnings in the pa
of approach only.

In case the direct line connections we
destroyed between Headquarters a
Divisions, an ultra high frequency tra
mitter had been installed and on it w

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