TheCodeBreakers
security; serial No. 909, thanking the two ambassadors for all their
efforts; and serial No. 910, ordering destruction of the remaining cipher
machine and all machine codes.
Kramer was about to dart out again when Pering, the GY watch officer,
brought in a message in plain-language Japanese, ending with the
telltale STOP that indicated it was an INGO DENPO message: KOYANAGI
RIJIYORI SEIRINOTUGOO
ARUNITVKI HATTORI MINAMI KINEBUNKO SETURITU KIKINO
KYOKAINGAKU SKYUU DENPOO ARITASI STOP TOGO. Kramer
recognized KOYANAGI as the codeword for England, and HATTORI as a
codeword whose meaning he did not recall. He consulted his code list
and saw that it meant Relations between Japan and {name of country) are
not in accordance with expectation. But in his haste he overlooked that
the common Japanese word minami, which means "south," had an INGO
DENPO meaning of U.S.A. He interpreted the message as "Please have