I have titled these 3 photographs as "Teleprinting".

We had a small room with just enough space to put 4 teleprinters. Guess what? We only had 4 teleprinters so we had to share them with time allocated during a normal Touch - typing session.

One of the aims of the course was for the students to be able to send fifteen messages in fifteen minutes on a teleprinter or teletypewriter without any errors. After they had mastered the touch-typing skills they then went on to learn how to format and send messages on teleprinters.

The students were also taught basic maintenance of the equipment. Full and detailed maintenance courses were conducted in another part of the school.

At the time of this course design the NATO armies had several methods of communication that were governed by "Procedures". United Nations troops were being despatched to Korea and it was essential that all the communicators understood the other. The procedures were designed to ensure that all the participating countries had a standard that everybody could adhere to. There was a procedure for handling messages using teleprinter and another for handling messages using "Tape Relay."

We did not want to force anybody to have to communicate only in the English Language, so Orhan Hataysal designed Message Forms and Teleprinter Message Layouts that were similar to the English equivalent and could be understood by anybody familiar with telecommunications.

In essence, tape relay (procedure) was a semi automatic system whereby paper-tape was punched using a paper tape perforator where the message together with the handling instructions were embedded in the tape. The contents of the coded tape were then fed into an automatic paper tape transmitter and the information was sent to the correct recipient either by line or wireless, depending on what type of media was available. Careful monitoring was used to insure that messages did not get lost but were properly receipted for and recorded.

Procedure was taught in the classroom as theory and was applied during teleprinting practice. The third photograph shows a procedure lesson being conducted. Orhan was my interpreter during the first courses and after that I had to help me a Yedek Subay who had learned along with my students of previous courses.

I don't think I will be breaking any Official Secrets Acts by stating that the Muhabere Okulu also taught students from countries other that Turkey. We even ran a shortened course for American troops who were being posted throughout Turkey. I cannot say more than that.