TAMAM SHUD, THE SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY: SOVIET ERA ESPIONAGE IN AUSTRALIA, ASIO SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF TRADECRAFT, TRANSMITTERS AND SECRET WRITING...

...SOVIET 'BURST' TRANSMITTER... 

The image above is of the actual 'burst' transmitter handed to ASIO agent Kay Marshall by Skripov. It was intended to be passed over to an 'illegal' soviet spy in Adelaide.

ASIO VIDEO INCLUDING TRADECRAFT & SURVEILLANCE

This video covers a period from the mid-1940s to the late 1950s, it includes surveillance clips of meetings between Skripov and ASIO agent Kay Marshall. Numerous examples of tradecraft techniques are shown as well as the use of a soviet 'Burst Transmitter'. This transmitter would record Morse code messages and then by first connecting the device to a radio transmitter and simply turning a small crank handle, an agent could transmit complete messages in seconds. This made the transmitter all but impossible to track by radio intercept stations.

In the film, there is a reference to a Czech agent including a photograph and fake Canadian passport for an illegal soviet agent. For those interested, those who made up fake documents were known as 'Shoemakers'.

THE FAKE CANADIAN PASSPORT

The photo from the passport is of an unknown man believed to be a Soviet Army Officer who lived in Australia possibly but not certainly up to 1952.

There will be more videos on this subject.