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southeast Europe. He soon grew friendly with Hungarian Army
intelligence, whose chief one day showed off his communications-
intelligence unit. The Hungarians did indeed have a fine organization,
and it very much impressed Hottl. He thought that it did relatively more
with its poor resources than did Pers z, the Forschungsamt, the German
military cryptanalysts, and the police eavesdroppers all put together. In
the middle of 1944, he convinced the pro-Nazi Hungarian Premier, Andor
Sztojay, to have the unit furnish him with its results. The unit's
commander, Major Bibo, who lived only for his work, agreed to
concentrate on the traffic that Hottl wanted when Hottl promised him
more men, better equipment, and extra money.
Hottl went from room to room in Bibo's offices and picked out the
choicest of the copious solutions. A few days later, he laid the sheaf
before Schellenberg and said: "Please read this, and if you would like to
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