Communicating in code (fwd link)

[Aidan Wilson]

One wonders if any Japanese intelligence organisations recorded any 
intercepted transmissions. Might be some good historical data...

phil cash cash wrote:
> Communicating in code
> Museum shares secrets of Navajos' wartime aid
>
> By David Hasemyer
> UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
> 2:00 a.m. August 10, 2009
> USA
>
> BALBOA PARK — One of the most complex codes ever used in warfare was created
> during World War II in San Diego by the Marine Corps using Navajo recruits and
> their intricate native language, a local historical footnote featured in a
> Museum of San Diego History presentation yesterday.
>
> Navajo Indians were specially recruited during World War II to serve as code
> talkers in the Pacific, Gabe Selak, public programs manager for the San Diego
> Historical Society, told visitors attending the museum's Secret Codes and
> Espionage program.
>
> It was gibberish to the confounded Japanese who tried to break the code, Selak
> said.
>
> “They picked up on the transmissions and clearly heard what was being said, but
> it was just a jumble of sounds to them,” he said.
>
> Access full article below:
> http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/aug/10/1m10code223410-communicating-code/?metro&zIndex=146786
>
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