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by DAVID KAHN


  Pasini, L., 858

  Passport code, 14

  Patrick, J. N. H., 222-23

  “Pats.” See microdot

  Patterson, R., 193, 195

  Peano, G., 954

  Pearl Harbor attack, 1-67 passim

  cryptologic results of, 674

  debate on, 604-08

  Peckham, H., 859

  Penkalas, 317

  Pepys, S., 777-79

  Pering, A. V., 2, 11

  Pers Z, 436-46 passim, 450, 452, 496, 497, 499, 501

  Persian ciphers, 96

  Personal advertisements, 775

  Peter the Great, 614-15

  Petersen, J. S., Jr., 690-92

  Petersen, T. C., 871

  Peterson, E. F., 845, 849

  Petrov, E., 641-42

  Petrov, V. M., 641, 644, 661-63, 686

  Phaistos Disk, 917

  Phelippes, T., 121-23

  Phi Beta Kappa, 772

  Phi test, 380-82, 388

  Philippines, U.S. Navy cryptanalytic unit, 10, 25, 47, 563, 564

  Phillips, W., 367

  Physiology of Marriage, 781

  Pictures

  as interstellar language, 958-62

  secrecy in, 827-30

  Pig Latin, 822

  Pigpen cipher, 180, 219, 770

  Placode, definition, xv

  Plaintext, definition, xiii, xvi

  Planas, R. R., 860

  Playfair cipher, 6, 202, 312, 321, 324, 326, 404, 592

  invention of, 198-202

  Playfair, L., 198, 200-02

  Pletts, J. St. V., 309, 372

  Plotinus, 902, 903, 904

  Plutarch, 82

  Poe, E. A., 783-93, 818

  Pokorny, F., 973

  Pokorny, H., 318, 628, 631, 633

  Poland, 973-75

  Polyalphabetic substitution

  as a field cipher, 191, 628

  contrasted with use of homophones and polyphones, 125, 129

  definition, xiv

  first letter-by-letter, 136

  first literal key, 136

  general solution of, 236-37

  invention of, 127

  Kasiski general solution of periodics, 207-13

  modern concept of, 141-42

  myth of unbreakability, 148

  nomenclator preferred in pre-telegraph era, 150-51

  pre-Kasiski solutions of, 142, 148-54, 155, 205-06, 218 see also monalphabetic substitution

  Polybius, 83, 86, 203

  Polygrams, definition, xiv

  Polygraphia libri sex, 133-36

  Polygraphic substitution, 405-08

  Polyphonic substitution

  contrast with polyalphabetic substitu-tion, 125, 129

  definition, 113-14

  in cypher SA, 279-80 see also homophonic substitution

  Porta, G. B., 137-43, 180, 230, 404, 788

  Porter, E., 176

  Postal Telegraph Cable Company, 403

  POTOMAC, 327, 332

  Potsdam Declaration, 610

  Potter, R. K., 559

  Powers, F. G., 720, 969

  “Practical cryptanalysis, ” 636-38, 685-87

  Prakrit, 915

  Praun, A., 458

  Price, B., 515, 517

  Price, D. J., 859

  Price tags, 824

  Prick holes, 83

  Primary Alert System, 717

  Primary alphabet, reconstruction, 374

  Primrose, F. J., 840

  Prinsep, J., 915

  Prisoners, 821

  Private Office, 171

  Probable word techniques, 140, 739

  Probus, 84

  PROD, 718-21

  Progressive key, 136

  Prohibition, 802-13, 817

  Protocryptography, 76

  Public-key cryptography, 982-83

  Pueblo, 971-72

  Pulse code modulation, 711

  Pumpkin papers, 638

  Purcell, E., 951, 952

  PURPLE, 1, 11, 25, 49, 385, 437, 486, 508, 574, 718

  destruction of, 43, 44

  distribution of machines, 23

  Japanese title, 18

  most secret Japanese system, 18

  operation, 18-19

  origin of codename, 20

  solution of, 18, 19-23

  Puzzle cryptograms, 749, 769

  Pyle, J. G., 877

  Pyramid theories, 889-90

  Qalqashandi, 95, 96, 97

  Qirmeh, 95

  Quadratic Code, 546

  Queen Mary, 528-30

  Rabelais, F., 779-80

  Racial discrimination, 821

  Radar, 718-24

  Radar-invisible materials, 722

  Radio, 298-99, 348, 611

  Radio Corporation of America, 13, 42, 55, 61, 64, 554, 829, 871

  Radio fingerprinting apparatus, 708

  Radio intelligence, 8 see also communications intelligence

  Radio intelligence companies, 577-79

  Radio Intelligence Division, 526-30

  Radio Intelligence Publications, 48

  Radio telescope, 938, 949-51

  Radiophoto, 830

  Radiotelephone. See telephone

  Rado, A., 659

  Ras Shamra tablets, 899

  Raven, F. A., 23, 718, 719

  Rawlinson, H. C., 912-13

  Rāzsahrīya script, 86

  RB-47 aircraft, 720

  R.C.A. See Radio Corporation of America

  Ream, J. H., 705

  RED (German), 976

  RED (Japanese), 12, 20, 437

  RED (U.S.), 489

  Redl, A., 621-22

  Redman, J., 573

  Redundancy, 744-51, 759-62

  Reichling, W., 543-44

  Reichssicherheitshauptamt, 449-53

  Reid, W., 222-29 passim

  Reik, T., 755

  Rejeweski, M., 973, 974

  Renault, G., 539

  Rendezvous, 368

  Rennenkampf, P., 622-28 passim

  Reparto crittografico, 318

  Retail ciphers, 824

  Reynolds, S. W., 696

  Rhodes, R. A., 685

  Rhyming slang, 822

  Ribbentrop, J. von, 436, 451

  Rickert, E., 354

  R.I.D. See Radio Intelligence Division

  Ridderhof, G., 532

  Rihani, 93

  Rin-spuns, 84

  RIO GRANDE, 328

  River series, 327

  Riverbank Laboratories, 370, 371, 372, 384, 401, 886

  Riverbank Publications, 374-84

  Rivest, R., 982

  RKO General Corporation, 836

  RO, 588

  Robot cryptanalysts, 440, 443-44, 458

  Rochefort, J. J., 7, 40, 48, 562, 563, 564, 573 see also Combat Intelligence Unit

  Roehm, E., 447

  Rogers, H., 838

  Rogers, J. H., 551

  Rohrbach, H., 438, 499

  Rök stone, 87, 88

  Rommel, D. C. von, 473, 474, 860

  Ronge, M., 316, 317, 318, 319, 320

  Room 40, 226-97, 309, 354, 465, 490, 799

  acquires German naval codes, 268, 273-74

  directors, 266-67, 275-76

  effects of cryptanalyses, 280, 297

  German naval solutions, 268-69, 270, 271-73

  German political solutions, 280-81, 282-97

  naming of, 269

  origin of, 266-67

  radio intelligence, 270

  relations with Allies, 277-78

  staff, 267, 269-70, 274-75

  Room 100, 478

  Room 2646, 387

  Roos, W. R., 519

  Roosevelt, F. D., 24, 30, 51, 53-54, 56-57, 59, 62, 67, 367, 495, 499, 554-55, 556

  Root-and-terminal systems, 841

  Rorschach tests, 882

  Rosetta Stone, 905-06, 908, 910

  Rossetti, G., 888

  Rossignol, A., 157-61, 162

  Rossignol, B., 162

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p; Rössler, R., 659, 660

  Rote Kapelle, 652, 657-58

  Rotors, 411-15, 420, 510

  solution of, 385

  Rotscheidt, W., 458

  Rowlett, F. B., 9, 386, 392, 730

  Rozycki, J., 973

  RSA system, 982-83

  R.S.H.A. See Reichssicherheitshauptamt

  RSK, 631

  Rubinstein, W. C., 835

  Rumrunners, 802-13

  Runes, 86, 87

  Running keys, 375

  Russia, 614-71, 973

  code thefts and losses, 636-39, 685-87, 696-97

  Communist agents, 634-36, 654-61, 663-70

  cryptology appears in, 614

  Czarist diplomatic cryptology, 614-17, 621

  Czarist military cryptology, 617, 621-22, 623, 628, 629, 631-33

  effect of cryptology on, 627, 633, 649

  electronic warfare, 719-20

  enemy solutions, 628-629, 631-33, 644-49

  Lodz, battles around, 629-31

  Nihilists and revolutionaries, 619, 620-21

  quality of cryptology, 670-71

  secondary spy systems, 666-70

  secret police, 618-21, 639-40

  Six-Day War, 970

  Soviet diplomatic cryptology, 650, 661-63

  Soviet military cryptology, 642-49

  Spets-Otdel, 640-42

  standard post-war Soviet spy cipher, 663-64

  standard World War II Soviet spy cipher, 650-54

  Tannenburg, Battle of, 622-27

  U.S. defectors to, 692-96

  S boxes, 980

  S code, 593

  Sabhasa, 75

  Sacco, L., 318, 319

  Sacy, S. de, 906

  Safford, L. F., 10, 387, 392, 503, 573

  St. Boniface, 89

  St.-Cyr slides, 238-39, 243, 382

  Samarasekara, D., 685

  Samford, J. A., 702, 703

  SAMOS satellite, 720

  Sampson, G. P., 715

  Samsonov, A., 623-28 passim

  Sandler, R., 481

  Sarnoff, D., 13

  Satake, T., 581, 583

  Satellite and Missile Observation System, 720

  Sato, N., 610

  Satzbuch, 315, 334

  Savinsky, A. A., 621

  Sayers, D., 799

  Scarbeck, I. W., 686

  Schauffler, R., 402, 436-37, 439, 446, 848

  Schellenberg, W., 449, 450, 452

  Scherbius, A., 420-22, 423, 612, 825, 972

  Scherschmidt, H., 438

  Schimpf, H., 447

  Schindel, J. B., 28

  Schleyer, J. M., 231-32

  Schliemann, H., 917-18

  Schlüsselheft, 315, 334, 335

  Schmidt, H.-T., 973, 974

  Schott, G., 155, 245

  Schulze-Boysen, H., 657-59 passim

  Schutzstaffel, 447-49

  Schwartz, R. N., 947

  Science, 981

  Scientific Advisory Board, 677

  Scientific American, 982-83

  Scientists, 773-74

  Scramblers, 60, 550-60, 711-12, 714, 715, 716-17, 826-27

  audio, 708

  video, 708, 831-36

  Scripta Minoa I, 922

  Scripta Minoa II, 929, 930

  S.D. See Sicherheitsdienst

  SEALION, operation, 484

  Sebold, W. G., 530

  Secret Office, 171

  Secret societies, 772-73

  Security check, 533, 534, 535

  Seeböhm, A., 475, 476

  Selchow, K., 436, 439

  Selenus, Gustavus, 154

  Sellers, L. W., 333

  Semagram, 519-22, 884

  Senate, U.S., 981

  Series 65 code, 312

  Service du Chiffre, 305

  Servizio Informazione Militaire, 469-72 passim

  Servizio Informazione Segreto, 468

  SH, 319

  Shah-dabiriya, 86

  Shakespeare-Bacon controversy, 370-71, 750, 781, 873-91

  Shakespearean Ciphers Examined, The, 390, 879

  Shakespeare, W., 781, 873

  Shamhart, E. J., 814

  Shami, 93

  Shamir, A., 982

  Shannon, C. E., 743-52 passim, 759, 761, 766

  Shaw, H. R., 517, 518, 524

  Sheinwold, A., 540

  Shelta, 822

  Shelton, T., 777

  SHESHACH, 77

  Shimizu, Lieutenant, 583

  Shivers, R. L., 51

  Shoho, 565

  Sholes, C. L., 740

  Shorthand, 82, 777-79

  Shungsky, 642

  Sicherheitsdienst, 447-49

  Siemens & Halske machine, 482

  SIGABA, 510-12, 548

  SIGCODE, 386

  Signalbuch der Kaiserlichen Marine, 972

  Signal Intelligence

  outline of, xvi

  School, 9, 388

  Service, 2-5, 6, 9, 11, 20-23, 29, 31, 42, 44, 49-50, 54-57, 386, 388, 486, 509, 575, 595

  Signal Security

  outline of, xvi

  Agency, 508, 575-76, 678

  Service, 575, 611

  Battalion, 576

  Company, 9, 576

  Signature-encoding systems, 829

  SIGTOT, 403, 501

  Silence, 753

  S. I. M. See Servizio Informazione Militare

  Simonetta, C., 110

  Simpson, W. W., 777

  Sinclair, H. F., 815-17

  Sinkov, A., 386, 390, 577, 612, 718

  S.I.S. See Signal Intelligence Service

  SITECOMNET, 673

  Sittig, E., 923, 933

  Sittler, F. J., 839

  commercial code, 252, 317

  Six-Day War, 970

  Skeat, W. W., 765, 873

  Skiatron Electronics and Television Corporation, 833

  Skytale, 82, 788

  Slide, 152, 238-39, 243-44, 463

  Smith, A. V., 489

  Smith, E. See Friedman, E. S.

  Smith, F. O. J., 189, 190, 838

  Smith, G., 920

  Smith, L. C., & Corona Typewriters, Inc. 427

  Smith, W. W., 386

  Snifter, 526

  Sonderdienst Dahlem, 438

  Sorge, R., 654-57

  Soro, G., 109

  Souchon, W., 267

  Soviet Union. See Russia

  Spain, 114-16, 250, 487, 635, 855-57

  Special Operations Executive, 535-38

  Spectrograph, 559-60

  Speech codes, 549-51, 822-23

  Speech compression, 712

  Spets-Otdel, 640-42

  Spurt communication systems, 712

  Spy cipher, 539, 541, 634, 650-54, 663-64, 666, 669-70

  Spy ships, 969-72

  Square table, 135

  S.S. See Schutzstaffel

  Staff Code, 329, 332

  Stager, A., 214, 215

  Stain, 180

  Standard Elektrik Lorenz, 826

  Stanton, E., 862

  STARCOM, 672

  Stark, H. F., 3, 4

  Starziczny, J. J. J., 528

  Statistical-combinatory analysis, 953

  Statistics, 376, 384-85 see also mathematics

  Stator, 238, 244

  Stawell, F. M., 922

  “Steganographia, ” 131, 132, 866

  Steganography, 73, 81-83, 131, 133-34, 513, 515, 516, 519-26, 827, 873, 882

  definition, xiii see also cryptography

  Stein, K., 458

  Stereoscopy, 828

  Sterling, G. E., 526

  Stimson, H. L., 3, 5, 360, 547-48, 758

  Stoker, B., 799

  Stone, E. E., 702

  Stopfruna, 88

  Straddling checkerboard, 635

  Strategic Air Command, 673, 718

  Street, G., 42

  Strip cipher, 325, 493

  Japanese solution of, 582-83 see also multiplex system

  Strong, L. C., 870

  Stuyt, G., 691 />
  Subh al-a ‘sha, 95

  Substitution

  basic solution of, 99-105

  compared with transposition, 250, 304, 307, 764

  definition, xiii

  distinguished from transposition, 139

  earliest recorded, 71

  Suetonius, 84

  Suez crisis, 729

  Superimposition, 236-37, 378, 380, 399, 413, 972

  Superencipherment, 251-52, 751-52

  definition, xv see also enciphered code

  Susa, 76

  Svensson, E., 9

  Sweden, 87, 284, 478-83, 730

  Swift, J., 889

  SYKO, 463, 464

  Sylvester II, 89

  Symmetry of position, 237-38, 243-44

  Syria, 970

  T-55, 433

  Tableaux, 135-36, 139, 147-48, 149, 180, 220-21, 238-39, 489

  Tables à chiffrer, 161

  Tables à déchiffrer, 161

  Tabula recta, 136

  Tabulators. See computers and tabulators

  Tachygraphy, 777

  Tadmuri, 93

  Tallmadge, B., 177-79

  Talmud, 79

  Tannenberg, Battle of, 622-27

  Tau Ceti, 949, 950

  Tax officials’ cryptography, 95

  TC-534, 826

  T.D.S. See time-division scramble

  Teapot Dome, 815-17

  Technical Operational Division, 517, 518, 524

  Telautograph, 306, 830

  Telconia, 266

  Telecommunications Operations Division, 714

  Teleglobe Pay-Television System, 833

  Telegraph, 189-92, 298-99

  Telegraphic Japanese, 29

  Telekrypton, 560

  Telephone, 550-60-712 see also wiretapping

  Teletype Corporation, 420, 714

  Teletypewriter, 388, 394-97, 459, 850, 883

  Television, 831-36, 961

  Temurah, 92

  TEN, 588

  Tesla, N., 947

  Thackeray, W. M., 793

  Thailand, 85

  Thiele, F., 455, 458

  Thomas, F. W., 788

  Thompson, B., 180

  Thomsen, H., 26, 494

  Thomsen, V., 916

  Thorpe, A. E., 486

  Thucydides, 82

  Thurber, J., 491

  Tibbals, C. F., 845, 847

  Tibet, 84

  Tilden, S. J., 221-29

  Time-division scramble, 554, 560

  Times, The, 776

  Tinker, C. A., 216, 218

  Tito, 460

  T.O.D., See Technical Operations Division

  Togo, S., 31, 46, 61-62, 610

  Tojo, H., 31, 46

  Tokharian, 901

  Tokumu Han, 579-83, 610

  Toland, W. B., 840

  Tomographic substitution, 203

  Tompkins, P., 539, 541

  Tordella, L. W., 677, 705

  Torre, L. de la, 799

  Townes, C., 947

  Townsend, R., 177

  Toye, F., 269

  Traicté des Chiffres, 146

  Traffic analysis, xvi, 7, 8, 300, 333, 455, 566, 578, 583-84

  Traffic volume, 300, 575, 712-13

  Transistor, 722

  Transmission errors, 839-40

  Transmission security, definition, xiii

  Transposition

  compared with substitution, 250, 304, 307, 764

  computer memory, 980

  difficulties of mechanizing, 764

 

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