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- From: iwm@doc.ic.ac.uk (Ian W Moor)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: CIA story (was : GCHQ's location ..)
- Message-ID: <1886mnINNcrt@frigate.doc.ic.ac.uk>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 17:34:15 GMT
- References: <1992Sep1.212509.28555@decuac.dec.com> <1992Sep2.202521.13367@sctc.com>
- Reply-To: iwm@doc.ic.ac.uk (Ian W Moor)
- Organization: Department Of Computing, Imperial College, London UK
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- In article <1992Sep2.202521.13367@sctc.com>, smith@sctc.com (Rick Smith)
- writes:
- |> The "real truth" behind this story could be anything. Maybe it's true
- |> as stated, though I don't know why the Soviets would be so helpful.
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- Probably the same reason that anybody publishes estimates of the other side's
- resources, so they can justify their own position or expenditure. Story goes
- of a Russian general asking his opposite number not to do this because
- "We don't want our politicians to know we spend that much".
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- GCHQ can be located by observing the unexplained deviation in the
- microwave trunk route...
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- Ian W. Moor
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- iwm@doc.ic.ac.uk Department of Computing, Imperial College.
- 180 Queensgate London SW7 UK.
- "Experts from BNFL have advised the Russians to rename Chernobyl as Sellograd
- and open a tourist centre"
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