B-Section operated in Gibraltar What was it ?

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B-Section operated in Gibraltar What was it ?

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Dear all,

Here is part of an ULTRA decrypt from March 1943:

Reports from German agents from the fortress Algeciras and the B service, located across Gibraltar indicate the sailing of convoy MKS-9.

I assume that the German agents were from the Abwehr, but does anyone have any idea what the B Service were ????

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It is the B-Dienst (Beobachtungsdienst) - the Naval code breaking organisation. If you do a Google search for B-Dienst there is a fair bit of information available.
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Many thanks !

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