Letter from Frederick H. Boland to Seán Murphy (Dublin)
(Secret)

With reference to your letter, A.60/1, of the 24th September¹ about the arrangement between the Minister and the DCIA in Washington, I have had a chat with Mr. Bardeleben and his assistant, Mr. Cram,² as a result of which the arrangement may now, I think, be regarded as in full operation.

The modus operandi will be as follows. When Mr. Bardeleben has something to send, it will be brought down here by special messenger and handed personally to Miss Collins.³ It will be in an envelope addressed to Colonel Callanan. Miss Collins will put this in a covering envelope marked ‘Secret’ and addressed to you, and despatch it in the bag the same evening. The envelopes addressed to Colonel Callanan will be numbered serially.

In the reverse direction, Mr. Bardeleben asked that whenever we receive anything for him, we should give him a ring on the telephone whereupon he will send down the same special messenger to collect the message personally from Miss Collins. He would like messages addressed to him to be numbered serially also.

Like Colonel Callanan, Mr. Bardeleben doesn’t expect the traffic to be heavy but he did mention that he hopes that Mr. Cram will go over to Dublin every six months or so so as to maintain personal contacts.