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..

5~:~;!1\t·';1~'S·!)~G of

·t.t~'9~~·Y1'ta.~'llJ-~·lcuccoases s

of eEl.;./Chi

If

I taka

tbe

tbi1"o g_ucst1_o'C l"lte!.'all;r,

"GMt,is to ce~, as if only purely

an ncCOU.U):;l:ihicb can at

lecst

c le.i~ ~GO be a

Out of -portions of -the ?u1r:s of' the ~

ar.d it-a s~~fre l1h1ch colla:paeCi in

In e.nother placeo::"I have e1 .. :ready report-etJ on :1:69 Ol~gan!Za.tioo and dsv;';!1.opme~dc-an to tbe collapse in V.a;r
OD

....

1945.

Th&refore,

the de9c.rl1ltioD

of the cryp'tart.al;rt1c r-<!lsul from 1938 ts

coecerna only a small );:-er-t of the totel

reeul ts.ll but at the ssma time bri.ngs

1.

L-t. LANEJ then Msigned to Rq fi,EA Europe.!! ~as the American officer who part1clpa-ooo 11) the oral Intel"l"Cgat1oilS o~'(' FEl1NER (issueO as TICCH/I 200) Itmd wo supeZ"'rtsed tlle writt.en interrogations hel"9 preseDte<L The thIrd question, to which reference 13 here 'IlBfJellconcerned the crnrtaDalyt1c SUCCS>3sea 01" OKW ICbi and FEmmR s est1ma.t.6 of t.het? relative importanoe. :: : : : ~ ~
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Tlv:;r to .setn fxcn thi;;; oC'Ui11~ c: ?1 tf31t1~~~c'£ ths ~$i!og'iJ.i f ~;;ion of tl1~ l.:~ndej'?l~rlTIg Cr;ir~tCg:!7i~~::ic. OJ1jt2::!~
1

1~:~~c~-; 19.:
......

~~.---

in th~ solution

and

10 e~

cases :f.'icis~·'9d

r002'e

qu:!.r.:klJ'" than Ch1~

Hork

't'ia.."}

_,,~:=

1iord vas "yes". code nth its

But I Dever sal aDYpoalt1vereaulta.

If' solu ..

t1_ons of this

in1"inlte additive

reenc.ipherment were a.ch1eved/JI it addlt1Ts seque'oce bad besn used For whon blocks

vas probably onlJ' wen by eZ':I"Or the lcrlnite several

•t '.:

t11oo1il; othe:rvist'l, solut1oD would have been impooetbleo

of e.dd1tlTe yere captured,

SSJ' nothing

it vas clear that the blooka could not be used, to

of ,the fact

that the,. were Dot alloored to be used exoept in casee

of catastrophe

'l-l00n no oth:'}? Gyst.s:na~'ere availa.bleo

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. - these

UG1"9

seeBi..ngly non-systematio

but still ware lnterpNt,ad

Has p?;:)oob1:r a so-called

2-digit

~ubs'tltutic;n.

eBE:UIea

it

to be k:D0Grn that

'the Poles had

0.

:first

class

contact with n:r.r.LE1Pe Headquarters where th31' in gcod season.

The coyer number of
thg

obtai!';ed pertinent this confidential

"astati0 1nformticn ~nt

was
8.

3-digit mun1:er (4~).

In 81J7/ case

cbie{ ~n

of ®1 at.a of the Ge:nmn GOil'O:rm::ent koev :from the decipherment

of Polish messages

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I::~~ :;!"::tunl

__ ",,,-,....lu.o.~_~

:r~E-!}rl~3

use.

.. '-'gt

'lJarients of the raenetphermnt

-..rerecomplieatoo ~

i.Iigt"ts nne above ths crt.hel", 'tintah were no lcng~l' from successiVE! code groupso Thll<3.~ no longer:

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- Ii 't

.-

tog the eld a:.nii

DG"'4

code!; to ru.n paraJ.lel

fol" a t1~

because thra oora !"S:mcta

~nc:!.pher£,ij io the old and in the new code.

Crr.9~~ognJph'lc eysta1!:a v.I th such fatal inuoduoe a
OEM

No other country ever exposed ita Not until

precision!

43/44 aid

:SUCha.reBt

system:
tlV9D

5·.digit. code reenctphered

by infinite

additive wl.tiple

sequence. of tha very

But

then Bucharest

ma.dethe mistake of permitting

usa

long aOditive sequence (as I recall

it frrr over 5,COO digitaL

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5

-e ....... ·· ... ~'; 3_;_:.._t.·.:=. ....

-_.._____.
B:r'~ZC~~

Because of' its struetu....""'e and the Ilovel"t:r of diploltat1c 1~1aglB,

the solution

t..o t-e cO!!!perOO uitil

"[,n~ SO.1U"'&l.OD;r 'tne o

aneneive

cedes

of ths Americans ar.d

:pl.~in cedea foI'mOO the I'rineipal

source of inte1l1gencs

because the FTeuoh umed

them ?Jithout eCl~ple for the t?ansmission r39ljc1pb.ered codes more rarely. tables for partial

or l.mportant messages 'While they used

As long as the Frencb used d1r.C!DSubstitution s

reeoci:phermeDt the 4-dig1t cedea, solution vas regularly of

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,'=1911 y,.. '~.

systemj.l the occm:-reno'l:!lof short theaa ceeiphro.-ed the hOJleland

0

ps:rn.llel

po.Gseg£:'s pl"ovsd fatal.

B;r tilE! aido!

!lte9SagsS

tabs could be kept on the Fl-eneh A'f."'I11'1 beck into fer

Balg1tm:

Be1S1UD1used

a letter

cede (5·..1.etter

'1) whioh was reenc1phered

by a

sublEltitution table

conoecwd vlt!1 the de:teo

As long as abundant trar-1"1cvas

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!~s·t~sr'l,;n;clse
~"'-:'''''''~'l':;II=~

!n
of...I._~~.~

;3 ~:.~::r-.~ J :3n?2~~B ~

~ (')jj.l~r t;uc 201~~:1~?:x~r~ d :t:;? lDIf€.31·1~ c 1:;hs:C'8

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~3':·.T-:t;;,,~;-~"1t.·~r:a ~

~.,....'"

It'·.ll;5~ ; __ w.

I~

be con.fusing t,hle lr-tth some other system but I do

knO".I

th."J.t

ment.

l!ranslator's DotiJ.

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~~:;.~. ~ ~·~,d ... ;

.~ .

~J. S ~ P~._
""=~.---..._..

...-'"'"'

Dry,m to the ba:'d;leG before Tob:~nltll the ~{'l"'ts

of' the U S.
0

:regule:d,. gacre the if.OveMent f the English troops. o

The replac'9:ment of the

system which then resulted ~~

oGtensib17 due to the fact that acme ona 1n

this

selut10n

leaked through to unauthorized

German officer

ctrclea

1n Ita.l7.

The fact

that later on a solut'-cu of the P?Oblelllcould co locge_:: be fcrcea

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o:oe"~=.Do-"'~~._

!)e:1T.:~:rk~

1rt;·~.-...- ~ ~ .... r;l..Y

S~(eden:
---=-.-..--

euultJ ccda

l1a.V9

a thousand different e%~gle of'

:m9:?mnga in :precttee.
OT!e

Thus t.'l1:1 ....

<:"-

V£lS

n typical

o'ieverly

constructed.

The content

of the

feu messages received vas U£r~lly of no ~nt.

The bulk of the Svedish 1r:essa.:,-es l'ma enc1phered by 'l'elmtk4 Hovever the nbasketn of thiEI deVice, 1. e.,
:meeDS

of Hagelin'a of ms!J~

tbe drum consisting

to

25 (1) bare with the' ".ar1ous rtc.1era vas probablJ varied from message

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.,.,') ~
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r;lH.:!t~LJ

:p·oX"tttp,"~l"1 Latin Fl,~:~~~'li~c~

_..._'I:'7""=:rr.:=-~..,::;a-~~~ ...';1~
... _~

OL............

:.:lCf~·:~J.l.

AU. -bhe iliplomat:1.c .::tpheZ'3 - e:rcept t!l9.t of the Hin1st:ry of +':~

19l;:;

~~C2 aight

dU·i'erent codes were eol"1ed

~ysta!l~ t.~ereponY'and t!'ied

t.o roroe Engl1i3h system OD Tuxkey but Turkey Iiin

~_ot :;:>all for th~se ~

Iran:

Only a

fS'.1

very prtm1tive
fev

cl"JI'togra:phic Hithin m:J

a;rstams.
YOOlllCr.1

G:i."esee sent

mesSP8fls.

there were three dtiTarant

.Il"

•l
~I.

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.... ......J. ....

..

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w5:l'c ..cion~

in a!!ot~.>:'

p].a.->;::e.

h,

:f"I!r'~i~E>r solution ran along as a zul.e without

dtfficuUy.

If0 other country had

Soma 12 dlrterent

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Ulth not having kept

1fl3'

unit c~peble of perfomtng

its

duties

by t...-nr.::1~

i'e2'r1ng it p!"cr.nptly to hie bOmb ..pTCOf area.

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of

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tmt1·<;:r ...

(Uecerschlu6G&elung) D~d ¢f thG ~~~ 1:_

·~~OH:~.C~r8~·:s:tl (3-~"1.~!:67¥'?Tf,~:,~·~n) 0
_____ ~~L'L.:;:"~e~

E!7CtB'Jl

(th~

(:'.ct:ml

"}::5y'l {Sc'hlu:a;';3eJ.»)
~~~

is

t.hs 1mi' (CSSl?tZ)

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... __

signifies
f!

til-a l""'.;iVers.;, "i:iez"i

It

le:::.Cia to

"l;li.~ r.k:r.:1.!,'hl)r..s;.:]r:esoQgo (1::echifrrat) ~~

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plein

. .-....~-u

-.r -~ -~

..

.
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Tba task of the cryptanalytic Gee"tieD is to find t.his lawo

A secret

tex'GD collcl]_uially

a190 e cl7Ptographic

s,-swm, is "derived"

{"abgele!tet") from the ~lain text according to the 1~, 1. e., the ei~har rule
{Schlueesslragel)g
__ ft:Pi ._.

A cr;rptogre.phic

aya-tem is "solved" ("geloe~"),

Ukeviee

at!

I:co e.pvnaen"t

T"iel'!Ci~be:;:':J~t;l~-t:l(sea 1"bstaonu t_g-", U ab8:,g~h 1t.:i.3sae f.lmg90}

~'-"'.-~-==>::lL;-=-Z ___

i Lwol va

all.

e. g.

Pla.in te::t~

~Cl?r

t..a ).,:~SZ"e.!1l
5~digit code as

TI"l n-WT!!..loIEd"late

-0:':2':tl~

Aiidii,iv£1

39715
75001

o~~
'"'

5",2

16 ...
2=0

6..5

7-8 8~4
9.. 2
Ansr.:rer to your

3-1
4·..9
Go

g. P lQ,in t5~t:

tslegrem

number

"tCOI (

46396

Secreli; te:.ct accord iog to the table

95175

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ro.coo.

S:a'1~I.·1!t l€Bent. a

(Geilw1.. s:~ 1 c 'SRel)"t)

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eci1h";:ls~eln" ---=-.

ci:r1ff:;.~i S?8l:1) <1 ~.:.':;r gt·~ ~g, c.co i.:phe-.ting

~

l d 3cn:lfr.rieren"
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