Venona "Issued" Date Query

[John K. Taber]

I'm looking for an explanation of "Issued" in the Venona decrypts.

It consists of four fields, the first of which is redacted, and the
next three are a date in military style. For example in 725, NY -
Moscow,
19th May 1943:

	Issued: [redacted] /24/1/1974

There are a few where the first field is not redacted, for example in
723 NY-Moscow, 19th May 1943:

   	Issued: A265/10/4/1980

I'm guessing that A265 is the "issuing" source, perhaps a person.

My problem is the meaning of "issued." It might mean "revision" but it
doesn't seem so to me. Perhaps it is a distribution date for tracking
purposes?

BTW, in both these examples, the Reference numbers (3/NBF/Txxx) are
redacted to no apparent purpose. Most reference numbers are intact,
and indeed are cross referenced in the footnotes.

John K. Taber


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