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THE CODEBREAKERS

Page 170

by DAVID KAHN


  JN25d, 603

  Johnson, H. W., 365

  Johnson, L. B., 687, 730

  Jones, E., 756

  Joseph P. Muller 972

  Joyce, James, 745, 767

  Jp, 358

  Jutland, Battle of, 272-73

  Kabbalah, 91-92

  Kaeding, F. W., 743

  Kakimoto, G., 582

  Kāma-sūtra, 74

  Kameyama, K., 31, 49

  Kapany, N. S., 829

  Kappa sub p, 378

  Kappa sub r, 378

  Kappa test, 378, 380, 385, 413

  Kasiski examination, 209, 398, 399

  Kasiski, F. W., 207-08

  Kasiski solution, 207-13

  Kata kana, 14, 356, 570

  Kautilya, 74, 75

  Kautiliyam, 74

  Keill, J., 169

  Keitel, W., 455

  Keller, H., 944

  Kempenfeldt, R., 837

  Kempf, S., 456

  Kennamer, C. B., 810

  Kennedy, J. F., 592

  Kennedy, J. P., 494, 495

  Kent, T., 494, 495

  Kerckhoffs, A., 230-39, 240, 754

  Kerckhoffs superimposition, 236-37, 378, 380, 399, 413

  Kesselring, A., 459, 461

  Kettler, H., 456

  Key

  definition, xv

  distinguished from general system, xv, 235

  endless and random, 397-98, 402

  first mnemonic, 113

  generation of, 732

  literal in polyalphabetic substitution, 137

  progressive, 136

  recovery of in monalphabetic substitution, 103-04

  recovery of primary alphabet, 374-75, 376

  to mix cipher alphabets, 113 see also autokeys; progressive keys; running keys

  Key escrow, 983

  Keynumber, definition, xv

  Keyphrase, definition, xv

  Keyphrase cipher, 787

  Keyword, definition, xv

  length in polyalphabetic solution, 208

  KFF-58, 826

  KG-13, 715

  Kharkevich, 641

  Khnumhotep II, 71

  Khrushchev, N. S., 687

  King, E. J., 567

  Kinkaid, T. C., 609

  Kinsey, A. C., 773

  Kircher, A., 154, 846, 864, 904-05

  Kirilyuk, V. A., 685

  Kirk, D., Jr., 831-35 passim

  Kita, N., 13

  Kitāb al-mu’ ammā, 97

  Kiwi, 590

  Klein, M. H., 696

  Knatchbul-Hugessen, Sir Hughe, 451

  KNICKBEIN, 721

  Knights of the Golden Circle, 772

  Knights Templars, 823

  Knock cipher, 821

  Knossos tablets, solution of texts, 934-35

  Knox, F., 3

  Kober, A. B., 923-27, 937

  Koch, H. A., 420

  Koenig, W., Jr., 558-59

  Kök-Turki runes, 916

  Köthe, G., 438

  Kowalefsky, J., 357, 579

  Kramer, A. D., 2, 3, 4, 11, 27, 50, 56 see also OP-20-G

  Kraus, H. P., 863, 871, 872

  Kreuger, I., 824

  Kripo, 449

  Krivosh, R., 642

  Krivosh, V., 642

  Kroger, H. and P., 664, 665, 666

  Krohn, C. H. C., 236

  KRU, 315

  KRUSA, 315

  Kryha, A. von, 825

  Kühn, B. J. O., 42, 50, 66

  Kullback, S., 386, 390, 576, 612, 707

  Kunze, W., 402, 436-37, 439, 446, 563, 612, 755

  KW-1, 714

  KW-7, 714

  KY-3, 715

  KY-8, 715

  KY-9, 711, 715

  LA, 14-15, 43

  Lagoruna, 88

  Lais, A., 486, 487

  Lake series, 328

  Lalita-Vistara, 74

  Langlotz, E., 402, 438

  Languages

  decipherment of lost, 895-932

  interstellar, 953-56

  pictorial, 958-62

  reconstruction of, 900-01

  secret, 822-24

  Lanphier, T. G., Jr., 599, 600, 601

  Largonji, 823

  LARRABEE, 324, 489

  Laser, 708, 732-33

  Lasswell, A. B., 48, 595, 598

  Lauenburg, 977

  Lauwers, H. M. G., 533, 534, 536, 537

  Lavinde, G. di, 107

  La wan, 73

  Lawrence, J., 801

  Lawrence of Arabia, 312

  Laws and judicial decisions, 364-67, 390-92, 687, 691, 700

  Layton, E. T., 39, 40, 596, 597

  LEB KAMAI, 77

  LeFebure Corporation, 829

  Leichty, E., 76

  Lenticles, 828

  Leopard, 971

  Lesson, J., 770

  Letter opening device, 618

  Letters of the alphabet, characteristics of, 96-97, 99-102, 127

  Levine, J., 404, 405

  Lexicography, Arabic, 96

  Lexington, 565

  Liberty, 970

  Lieber, B. F., 839

  Lilly, J. C., 963

  Lim, G., 809

  Lincoln, A., 215-16, 220, 862-63

  Lincos, 954-57

  Linofilm, 743

  Linotype, 742

  Lipograms, 740

  Literacy, 74, 84, 732

  Literature of cryptology

  American, 323-34, 374, 384, 388

  Arabic, 94, 95, 97

  fiction, 767, 779-800

  first biography, 159

  first printed book, 133

  first text, 82

  French and German pre-World War I, 239

  great books, 230

  in Middle Ages, 90

  most famous book, 360-61

  most important publication, 376

  on World War I, 379

  poems, 95, 159

  16th and 17th centuries, 154-56

  Venetian, 109

  West’s oldest text on cryptanalysis, 127 see also Lost Books

  Littlefield, J., 851

  Livesey, F., 355, 357

  Livingston, R. A., 184

  Lockwood, B. F., 970

  LOGAIRNET, 673

  LOGBALNET, 673

  Logograms, 910-11

  Lohr, L. R., 376

  Lonsdale, G. A., 664, 665, 666

  Lost Books, 84, 95, 97, 109

  Lovell, J., 181-86

  Lovers, 774-77

  Löwenstern, I., 913

  Lucifer, 980

  Ludendorff, E., 344, 346, 623, 626, 630, 631

  Ludwig, K. F., 514

  Luftnachrichten, 461

  Luneberg lens, 722

  Luning, H. A., 515

  Lynch Communication Systems, Inc., 827

  Lynn, G. W., 11

  M-94, 325, 385, 584 see also multiplex system

  M-134, 575

  M-134-C, 391, 510

  M-138, 325, 476, 493, 495, 499-501 see also multiplex system

  M-138-A, 325

  M-209, 427, 428-32, 460, 540

  M-228, 391

  M-325, 391

  MacArthur, D., 31

  Macbeth, J. C. H., 845

  McCloy, H., 799

  McCollum, A. H., 3, 4

  Macfarlane, J. R., 755

  Macgregor, D. C, 311

  Machida, Major, 584

  McIntosh, A., 527

  McKay, H. C., 828

  Mackay Radio & Telegraph Company, 55

  Mackensen, A. von, 339, 629-31

  McLean, E. B., 815-17

  Madison, J., 181, 184, 186, 188

  Magdeburg, 268, 972

  MAGIC, 1-67 passim, 93, 360, 674

  distribution, 24-26, 27-28, 30-31

  14-part message, 2, 3, 49-63 passim

  naming of, 3

  one o’clock message, 1-2, 3-4, 55, 57, 58, 60

  post-war, 610

  production of, 14-24, 28-30

  role of, 31

  security t
hreats to, 26-27, 601-08

  Magic, 91-93, 117, 131-33, 783, 792

  Magnus, A. von, 295

  Mail opening, 163-64, 171-72, 188, 448, 618, 639-40

  Makarov, M., 657

  Malaya, 85

  Maldive Islands, 85

  Man in the Iron Mask, 860-62

  Mancini, G., 469

  MANHATTAN ENGINEERING DISTRICT, 545

  Manly, J. M., 352, 354, 360, 362, 867, 869, 871

  Mannerheim, C., 645

  Manual for the Solution of Military Ciphers, 323-24

  Manutius, A., 873, 903

  Maquis, French, 539

  Marble, M., 222

  Marci, J. M., 309, 864

  Marconi, G., 947

  Margoliouth, D. S., 888

  Marnix, P. van, 118-21

  Marryat, F., 837

  Mars, 940-59 passim

  Marshall, G. C., 11, 24, 28, 30, 31, 45, 57, 59-61, 601-08

  Martin, W. H., 692-95, 719, 728

  Maru code, 594

  Mary, Queen of Scots, 122-24

  Maser, 722

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 982, 983

  Mata Hari, 278

  “Mathematical Theory of Communication, A,” 744

  Mathematics, 207, 240-42, 384, 405, 408-10, 612, 737

  Mauborgne, J. O., 321, 401, 563

  as Chief Signal Officer, 6, 21, 389

  cryptologic highlights, 6

  invents unbreakable cipher, 397-98

  Maximilian I, 134

  May, A. N., 661

  Maya hieroglyphics, 917

  Mayfield, I. S., 13, 42, 51

  Meals, F. M., 806

  Mecano-Cryptographer Model A 1, 424

  Medical Greek, 822

  “Melancholy Notes on a Cablegram Code Book, ” 851

  Melchior, Ib, 750

  Mellenthin, F. W. von, 646, 647

  Meltzer, R. J., 829

  Mendelsohn, C. J., 357, 846, 848

  MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN, 79-80

  Menet Khufu, 71

  Mengarini commercial code, 317

  Menninger, K. A., 755

  Mergenthaler, O., 742

  Mesopotamia, 75

  Mexican Army Cipher Disk, 322

  Mexican microdot ring, 526

  Meyer, A., 415, 417 see also Driscoll, A. M.

  Meyer, H., 542-44

  M.I. 1(b), 309, 484

  M.I. 8 (Great Britain), 484

  MI-8 (U.S.), 352-53

  Mi-544, 826

  Michiel, G., 858

  MICHIGAN, 328

  Microdot, 525-26, 666

  Mid-Pacific Strategic Direction-Finder Net, 8, 10

  Midway, Battle of, 561, 566-73, 603, 606

  Milan, 110-11

  Military Cryptanalysis, 388, 706

  Miller, E. C., 273

  Miller, F. M., 887, 888

  Miller, S. L., 942

  Minckler, R. W., 9

  Mind-reading acts, 824

  Ming commercial code, 690, 698

  Minimotion keyboard, 741

  Ministerstvo Vnutrennykh Del, 639

  Minoan civilization, 918-37

  Misirli, 93

  Mitchel, W. J., 845

  Mitchell, B. F., 692-95, 719, 728

  Mitchell, J. W., 599

  Mlecchita-vikalpa, 74

  Mobasheri, J., 667-68

  Monalphabetic substitution, 979

  definition, xiv

  solution of, 97-98, 99-105 see also polyalphabetic substitution

  Monks, use of ciphers, 106

  Monoalphabetic substitution, 977

  Monographic substitution, 404

  Monroe, J., 185

  Montdidier, Battle of, 346-47

  Montgomery, B., 477

  Montgomery, W., 282, 285-86, 483

  Moore, W. H., 28

  Moorman, F., 327, 331, 333, 336, 337, 361, 362, 768

  Morehouse, L. F., 397

  Moreo, J. de, 116-17

  Morgenstern, O., 752

  Mori, M., 48, 52, 60

  Morikawa, H., 579, 581

  Morimura, T. See Yoshikawa, T.

  Morris, R., 771

  Morrison, A. M., 810, 813

  Morrison, P., 943, 946, 947, 948, 952, 960, 961

  Morse code, 741, 754, 838

  Morse, S. F. B., 189, 741

  Motion pictures, 800

  Motorola, 981

  Mourão, J., 74

  Moyzisch, L. C., 451

  Mügge, K.-A., 462

  Muirhead, M., 321

  Muladevïya, 74

  Müller, F. W. K., 901, 915

  Müller, H.-K., 497

  Multiple anagramming, 226, 303, 305, 309

  Multiple-target generators, 723

  Multiplex systems, 376 see also Bazeries cylinder; CSP-642; Jefferson wheel cypher; M-94; M-138; NCB; strip cipher

  Multiplexing, 376, 394, 712

  München, 977

  Murphy, R., 497-98

  Murray, A. A., 11

  Musefili, P., 110

  Music, 563, 800, 818

  Mussolini, B., 471

  Mycenaean civilization, 918, 920

  Myres, Sir John, 929

  Nachrichten-Verbindungswesen, 461

  Nagasaki, 610

  Napoleon, 617

  Narcotics smuggling, 817

  Nathan, J. P., 333

  National Bureau of Standards, 979

  National Communications System, 713

  National Defense Research Committee, 558

  National Puzzlers League, 769

  National Security Agency, 672-733, 984

  amateur inventors, 709-10

  Communications Security, Office of, 705, 709-18

  computers, 726

  Congressional relations, 698-702

  cryptanalysis, 724-30

  Data Encryption Standard, 980-82

  deputy directors, 704-05

  directors, 702-04

  employees, 677, 689-90, 706-07

  expenditures, 684, 700

  functions, 675

  intelligence results, 728-29

  library, 705

  offices, 676-77, 700

  organization of, 705

  origin of, 674-75

  Personnel Services, Office of, 705, 706-07

  position in government, 675

  Production, Office of, 705, 718-19, 724-30

  relations with other organizations, 677-84

  Research and Development, Office of, 705, 707-09

  security of, 684, 688-90, 697-99

  security breaches, 690-97

  spy ships, 970-71

  supplies cryptographic equipment, 711, 714-18

  Training Services, Office of, 705, 706

  National Security Council, 681

  nautical signaling, 837

  Navahos, 550

  Naval Communications System, 672

  Naval disarmament, conference for, 358

  Navy Code Box, 387

  NCB, 387 see also multiplex system

  Neff, R. A., 862-63

  Netherlands, 532-38, 691 see also Marnix

  Neugebauer, O., 76

  Neumann, J. von, 752

  Neutrino, 946

  “New Directions in Cryptography, “ 982

  New York Cipher Society, 769

  New York Tribune, 221-29

  Newbold, W. R., 867-69, 873

  Newspapers, personal advertisements in, 775

  NIAGARA, 328

  Nicholson, A., 877

  Nihilist substitution, 620, 650

  Nimitz, C. W., 565, 566, 569, 573, 598, 599, 601, 608, 609

  97-shiki O-bun In-ji-ki, 18, 49 see also PURPLE

  Nirābhāsa, 75

  N.K.V.D., 641, 650

  Noise (in information theory), 751-52

  Nomenclators

  definition, xv

  development of, 107

  earliest, 107

  economics of, 173-74

  evolve into codes, 190

  extinction of, 192


  one-part and two-part, 160-61

  preferred to polyalphabetics, 150-51

  Spanish, 115, 117, 119

  Nomura, T., 582

  Nonsecret code. See commercial code

  NORDPOL, 533-38, 691

  Normal profile, 210-11

  Normandy, Invasion of, 509, 542-45

  Norris, G. W., 366-67

  North Africa campaign, 460, 474-77, 488

  North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 678

  North Korea, 971-72

  Norway, 465, 479, 480, 481, 484

  Notarikon, 92

  N.S.A. See National Security Agency

  Nsibidi script, 84

  Null, definition, xiv

  Null cipher, 519, 520, 521

  Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine, 454, 465, 484-85

  Oberkommando der Luftwaffe, 454, 461

  Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, 453, 455, 475, 544

  Oberkommando des Heeres, 454, 458

  Occultism, 91-93, 131-33, 783, 792

  Oda, Lieutenant, 583

  Odyssey, 917, 935

  Office of Strategic Services, 508, 539-41

  Off-line encipherment, definition, 397

  Ogham, 86, 88, 89

  O.G.P.U., 637, 641, 642, 644

  Ohnesorge, W., 555-56

  Oite. See PA-K2

  O.K.H. See Oberkommando des Heeres

  Okhrana, 608

  O.K.L. See Oberkommando der Luftwaffe

  O.K.M. See Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine

  O.K.W. See Oberkommando der Wehrmacht

  0’Leary, J., 546

  Oilier, R.-M., 685-86

  Omenitsch, H., 889

  On-line encipherment, definition, 397

  One-time system (tape, pads), 403, 436, 438, 444, 452, 492, 539, 540, 650, 662-64, 666, 714, 715-16, 731

  first diplomatic use, 402, 403

  insolubility of, 398-400

  invention of, 398

  objections to use of, 400

  O’Neal, D., 811, 813

  O’Neal, J., 811, 813

  OP-16-F2, 11

  OP-20-G, 1-5, 9, 11, 20, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31, 32, 45, 49-51, 55, 57, 58, 66, 388, 486, 562, 563, 573-74

  OP-20-GX, 11

  OP-20-GY, 1, 2, 11

  OP-20-GZ, 2, 11

  Open code, 32-37, 41, 516, 519-21, 541-45

  ORANGE, 20, 437

  OSAGE, 332

  Oshima, H., 26, 38, 508

  Osobyi Radio Division, 643

  O.S.S. See Office of Strategic Services

  Otiosi, 138

  OTSU, 587

  Ott, E., 654

  Outer space, messages from, 938-65

  OVERLORD, 503

  Ovid, 774

  Owen, O. W., 879

  Ozaki, H., 583, 654, 657

  Ozma Project, 950, 951

  PA-K2, 15, 42

  Pakistan, 979

  Page, D., 935

  Pahlavi script, 915

  Painting, 801

  Painvin, G. J., 277, 304-05, 306, 307, 315, 336, 347, 355, 563, 739

  solution of ADFGVX cipher, 344-45

  solution of ADFGX cipher, 340-43

  Palin, N. G., 906

  Panin, N. P., 616, 617

  Pānini, 75

  Panizzardi telegram, 255-62, 469

  Papal cryptology, 106-107, 109, 112-14, 126-27, 141, 148-49, 151

  Papen, F. von, 445

  Parke, L. W., 11, 501, 712

  Parker, R. T., 394, 397, 768

  Parsons, W. S., 548-49

  Paschke, A., 436-37, 439

 

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