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have been the same as for the code. Mrs. Friedman illustrated
the process with an actual message (which may have some slight
errors in it):
plaintext Anchored in harbor. Where and when are you sending
fuel?
in ABC Code 07033 52725 24536
+1000 08033 53725 25536
Acme Code word BASHY ouvs WINUM
substitution MJFAK ZYWKH QATYT JSL QATS QSYGX OGTB
In her office—first in a building near the Bureau of Printing and
Engraving, then in a building on Pennsylvania Avenue opposite the
Willard Hotel—Mrs. Friedman solved 12,000 messages in just her first
three years for the Coast Guard, the Bureau of Customs, the Bureau of
Narcotics, the Bureau of Prohibition, the Bureau of Internal Revenue,
and the Department of Justice. Her testimony in court as to her solution
of various messages sent criminals to jail more than once. The