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- From: wb8foz@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (David Lesher)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Naval Enigma & secrets....
- Date: 12 Oct 1992 03:21:49 GMT
- Organization: NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews abusers - Beltway Annex
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- Reply-To: wb8foz@skybridge.scl.cwru.edu (David Lesher)
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- Others said
- # And as far as some codes that wer *never* broken, don't be too
- # sure, as we don't have an FOIA over here (UK). My father knew one of the
- # Bletchley park people and only found out 3 years ago that he was involved!
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- See Kahn's book on the naval Enigma effort.
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- It also has a good story re: keeping secrets. Seems the King toured
- Bletchley Park and recognized a friend of his daughter. He greeted her
- and asked what her job was. She replied along the lines of "I'm not
- permitted to tell you..."
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