TheCodeBreakers
Indonesia and the U.A.R. are both important neutrals in
the Cold War. Yugoslavia is a renegade Communist country. The two
defectors would not say whether the United States reads Soviet
messages. But the Soviet predilection for the one-time pad in diplomatic
messages, and its known cryptologic sophistication, make it most
unlikely, except by a lucky accident.
Another N.S.A. defector, Victor Norris Hamilton, filled in some details
of the Martin-Mitchell outline:
I was listedxas an expert on the Near East Sector in the office
designated ALLO, which means "All other countries." This sector
concerns itself with the U.A.R., Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi
Arabia, Yemen, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Iran, Greece, and
Ethiopia. The duties of my colleagues in ALLO included the study
and breaking of military ciphers of these countries, and also the
deciphering of all correspondence reaching their diplomatic
annaabi.ee 
