[SIGCIS-Members] 5 Eyes

[Bo An]

Dear Brian Carpenter,

I'm not sure about the Five Eyes, but the reports on the ECHELON project
might be useful. See for example
https://www.duncancampbell.org/content/echelon

Best,
Bo


On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 1:53 AM Brian E Carpenter <
brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Is anyone here aware of a study of the history of the "Five Eyes" signals
> intelligance sharing agreement? As there is currently some kind of effort
> to turn it into a political or diplomatic pseudo-alliance, its history is
> of some interest.
>
> As far as I know it originated quite late in World War II, well after
> Pearl Harbour, and the first formal agreement was the UKUSA agreement in
> 1946. Already in 1944, there was a data link from the UK via Canada to the
> USA, and there was a plan for a link via Honolulu to Melbourne, Australia.
> There was a New Zealand representative at the Australian sigint centre in
> Melbourne. At that time, Australia, Canada and NZ were very much trated as
> subservient to the UK (they were technically still Domains, not 100%
> independent) so the formal agreement was only between the UK and the USA.
>
> How all this evolved during and after the Cold War is unclear to me. Any
> pointers?
>
> Regards
>    Brian Carpenter
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