One underlying reason for this was economic.
一个基本的原因是经费问题。
Denniston had to plead for an increase in staff to match the military activity in the Mediterranean.
丹尼斯顿申请增加人手，以便在地中海地区进行军事工作。
In the autumn of 1935, the Treasury allowed an increase of thirteen clerks, although only on a temporary basis of six months at a time.
1935年秋天，财政部允许他增加13个职务，但只是为期6个月的临时工。
It was a typical communication from Denniston to the Treasury in January 1937 that read:
1937年1月，从丹尼斯顿对财务部的一次典型的通信中，可以看到：
The situation in Spain … remains so uncertain that there is an actual increase in traffic to be handled since the height of the Ethiopian crisis, the figures for cables handled during the last three months of 1934, 1935 and 1936 being
西班牙方面的情况……自从埃塞俄比亚危机之后，通信量确实增加了……下面是1934, 1935和1936年最后三个月掌握的通信量：
1934:10,638
1934:10,638
1935:12,696
1935:12,696
1936:13,990
1936:13,990
During the past month the existing staff has only been able to cope with the increase in traffic by working overtime.
在过去的一个月中，现有员工只能通过加班，来应对通信量的增长。
During 1937, the Treasury agreed to an increase in the permanent staff. But this measure did not meet a situation in which:33
1937年间，财务部同意了增加长期员工，但是这仍然不能解决这样个情况：
The volume of German wireless transmissions … was increasing;
德国的无线通信量……增长了。