PROPOSED CRYPTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001100040039-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: October 29, 1956
• Content Type: MF

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ATTIATIO
STAT offering a tr pto-
apbic system or p,o-avjbje wie t~y 7EFe-Mited 3tate:x. Also
copy of our ec:knoviederrt .
2. We would rrecia ~ your taking appropriate action
and replying to hiz d r sti.y if further co capon ence it
acesry.
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STAT
OCI/ /mfg/29 Oct 56
Distribution: Orig & 1 - Addressee
1 Asst to DCII-'
1 AT)/CI
1 - SpINT
NSA review(s) completed.
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ill acknrvIedM_ your letter Of Ck"tcab 7, 1956
phic system for pos ib1 u by
d your Letters' tc? the Ikt1?1
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v e Ia that hrsnc h 'Crf the Gn rz nt; Most. e. ua.1jf1ed
on the omits ixt' your sy tem.
Thaw you f y inte3re3t rand c--)ncert.
C?t ti> ~ D - Sholdon
ocl'g/29 Oct 56
Distribution: Orig - Addressee
1 - Asst to DCI /'_
1 7w 7 (; 1.
1 - SpINT
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fr.. Al-:3r W, Dulles
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4a hiri,,ton, D.
Incloaed you w Ll fir' ,?.iphered message, and Its
of :t ony e playir., a sy;3tem a Y..?; -~ been well over twenty-years
n d ~velo -tr . . y reason for 3uhTlttlna; it for.your cOno er-
at-io*A fo ~1J:.s.
:)ur' n r the ,,o jean war, in .. tale, Washingtun, I :ii &de t ha
acrua.In-,ance of a :,anal Offiee w .ose name, unfortixnately, I
i~au lbng, sLric- for'uotteyi. In the course of our brief, but
'1 'sarit aac.zs.lntaLoe, I nad :,-,r-E+.~,,:on to ;how ti:.is D.`f leer a ter
s::a 1, and 1nconseouei-it& pore:-on cf? this cipher system, r:uc to
::y surar13e he beca.i:e ve_ y much I.nterestel arid, after asking, ~Ge
a num':er of per anent que=tior23, d'."ct3d that under no circura-
star:ces was I to re,real any porlttion of this isysteia to anyone
else. He also gave ire the naw:ie- and address of a governmental
agency, yours, with the irstruc?t:cr.s that just as soon as it was
possible for me to do so., I et.Oud forward the system to you for
your consideration.
I failed to follow this rut 41oubt excellent advice because
at ti-e,t t _ V, 1.8 "v"'l, i:. , r'y cS. ~.13s a "two.:.r
R1~Y-Ml-I
ing m ; , . . . , < d, ._._.c , ait Lk.ot lu lour, or: any other agency
&C'-.iire, au . use, this c:: her syeLe.T,, I would be, because of my
a poor person *.o trusted with srch an lm?)orta(_t:
sacrr'o. 3c,, in a n:arrr. r of s-)~ia' 1nE;, I shelved the entire idea
until such a day w en I wc'uld h&ve quit .drinking fcrr {,ood.
Frar1t y I never ant;.cipat ed, or desired, that this day
should ever arrive. But, arrive It did. On June 1, 1954, to be
exact. On that date I ^i.ffered a _,erforation of the stomach aid
was rushad to thy ^' c : County osoital, Chicago, 1 _'_incis, where
I underwent emergency surgery. I was released from that :a,Ds:71t.al
thirty- ci?ver. 3fi.y3 later. July 7th, to be exact. Since that date
I have not taken a drink. And, becauss of the badly ulcerated?
con.:. it's on of w' gat re.;;aini. of nay- s : omac!7 wAich, by the way, the
docto:-?s wanted to re_nove entirety, and still do, fo. that :natter,
it is extre,^ely dpubt''ul that I. 3:311 evsr dries again. At l: ast
not in this world. Co:;se uent'.y I now feel that I can safely rya
tr.i 3t:F~,3 :;ith-i a--y :_ort of ccnz 1ue:~ ;al matter.
For o, vioas reas-:ne I have failed to incl.ade the master ,a.:jy
fry:n whtc i the inc o3ed cii ht.'t d :z. z:a"e was formed..
Tras* irg your judg:~zent, and f,?'liil?,r certain that should
same prove.desirat'e you will ins ti,-atU whatever course of
action is in orI ., I re tin...
lery Tru iy Your:
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~7itl3men: .
The cipher system I herewith call to your attention-
one
different
and henceforth reintoswathe ll whileent.usiirelng but
al. ~hat?et et can b be formed
master keys. letter of the alphabet,
In sac:: of these master keys every
excepting is represented by anywhere from orL3 to ei&,ht, or
more different letters. ciphered
For instance the letter a in the following c
message, is represented by thefollowing eteigatiletters; v,u., t,
1, w, d, y and c. daoh of these eight are sed
to represent eight other and different letters.
issystem Isdonor a due to the
While complex to an extreme b this
the fact that no cipher or code every-
thing, or deciphering of a message. Everything, e b but t e
thing, can be. memorized. And that easily. ' the ll' . Is
admittedly far from being an Einstien, mentally, intwrligrncs
confident that he can teach any person of average it may
,
this entire system in a weeks time, or less. Hownevver, with
this be amiss, t mentiont one' fully t if not actually
this system, it would ld prove extreIely .iffiou
impossible,. to decipher a message, should he not know how to.
locate, and properly identify, certain key letters which would
be contained in each and every message.
Follows the ciphered message...
QBIF R.JFK REBE KGiiR UQNX JHAJ GOZ3 CHHD JDWJ F JWO GHYR NHT1
PD'1L HE K FAYE G'WBR IPID HZDT GBJ0 NEGQ WWRX LKPA GOIX PZDK
TIWC GWPV PDRX LWPT Z"NX 'TDMV GOCX DILC UBNG YKAT GPSX K'TY.I
3TTQ YLJR IDWG KE?P FCBU XGAT GXYP JRDK EYRX LWPT JDCL CDEP
Follows the unciphered message..
In this cipher system the letter z when used'Vill
letterenote eitenote
a period or other stop. When used
the letter z. The master keyefrom er ;.icha his message was ciphered
is denoted by the following 1
I have purposely made this message, that is the ciphered
version. considerably simpler than touid do made. Aft aerlall,
it sorely taxed what few brains I posess
have. Brother, you can take it from me, that I never will make
rains.
a cipher expert, or any other kind of exppeerrtces cuirdeairrd
Hoping all this labor on my part prod the
affect, namely, arouses your interest to the extent that you
will reliele me of this vexing brain child, I remain
Very Truly Yours
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