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From: tbm@hou2a.UUCP (T.MERRICK)
Newsgroups: net.crypt,net.politics
Subject: Re: Enigma and the Eastern Front again
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Date: Sat, 15-Feb-86 12:03:26 EST
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I'm very interested in Tom and Matt's discussion. I see no protests
from others. We have seen in countless books and movies support for
theses such as the war could not have been won had it not been for
this or that ( such as the aircraft carrier in the pacific or 
rapid development and employment of radar, etc.). Because of the
sensitive nature of cryptography and its uses, the details of the
role it has played in past wars have only emerged over the past few
years and have not been subjected to widespread historical criticism.
I've heard some very interesting stories about more recent wars, and
some are in the Ripley's believe-it-or-not category. I don't want
to pass them along because they did not come from knowledgeable
sources. Matt Weiner and Tom Tedrick seem very knowledgeable.
I'm fascinated, so please play on ( that's my vote anyway).

					D.P. Maher
					AT&T Bell Labs