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The .. ! Intoraation Service abroad •Pl07• abort wan trarumittere 

tor qu1ok tnn•i•eion ot reports. These vana1ttera an inet.alled eveJ")"-

'lbera, are opel'ated by apecial, t.ruated ..n who have a large circle ot 

apnte cooperatinc with tbea. Theee ahort •v• •t&tior111, wh.oae range in 

lurope n'O?IMlllT does not exceed SOO Jd.lameten 1 u1ntain contact w1 th 

a otritral ottlce (lllbuey or apeoial coneulate) which in it.a turn tornrd.a 

the report. t.o central ottic•• 1n Berlin. 

to k"P the content ot thne reports ncret, they are enciphered 

and, indeed,, bJ' a 8P"C1al proc•••· Prao\1.calll' tbs UD1niatod cannot 

4eo1phar 111 cb a k97 beoauae the ordinar,r eecret code ie not •plo,red. 

Thia cci'phenent 18 balled. upon the qate of the croenord pua•l• and 

1fU tmq introduced in 19,36. The orllinator and the addressee haft the 

••• h•• ot a c~nord pua•le llal••ine, whiob i• ftl'T rare]¥ cbanaed 

becauee tlda iB bal"dlT nece111•&r7 • lach correapondent bu hilt call or 

id9nttticat.ion •ign. 

The periods tor tramlm1tt.1.ng arc uauallT the njght hours, because 

of •Gte ta•orable cond.1t.lona. Onl7 :ln t1ae• oi atna11 a.n eeveral boura 

during the dq lmpt. troe tor each indi't'idual .tation. Each originator 

bu two W&T• l.enathe at. hi• diapo&al which,, however, are o!ll.y chanced 

at de.tini te p:red•tenained t.1Mlf. 

Soll' ia a •••aa• encipbentd? 

(1) !be sender ohoo11e1 _,. croenord pu•*1• troa h!.• aagasine. I 

(2) In order to be able to WIG thia pusde a1&1n, or in ordel' 

eclassified and approved for release by NSA on 12-19-2013 pursuant to E.O. 

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to avotcl llJ'OUfling ll!H.lpioion 1D oue ld• dnllina ahould be earcbed and 

\be aaguina tound, be ~ 111 tb tnnaparant paper, Which a l.a1d over 

the J>U*ale. 

lfow the Na1110rk beliM• • 

(') AbOYo i.he ptJiJlle U. ldd1Yidual cell.a inclw!ing th• black 

•lla Wtl ne'bend Conll8CUt1Te~ troa lett "° rl&h\.. 

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(4) Tba pldn text. i• t.ucri'becl, one letter in ._,h cell. (Ch 

itl replaced b.r Q, J DJ" Y 'by I)• 

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' a.c1pberlnl and partq to make dacipbement d1tt1c'1lt tor tJ.w enc;r. 

(6) •ow tba letters, 1nclud1ng those ln '-ho bl&ck celle, are 

('1) !ba heading of the mauae• 18 4etara1ned and \hie 1• done 

S.ra five IJ"O\Jpe ot fi&\D"M• lach croup coNtiate ot a tou.r--place n\l'\bor to 

aTOtd erroro. 

To.mi.e \ho heading..., to read, a lone parallelogra 1• divided into 

_ ftve ba.me and t.he 1nd1Tictaal t1s\\'N IJ'OUP& ana mtered in thee• auccos•ive171 

~ (•) Ha!f!a (\t) T,:1:-8 ot Hndil'!L(o) '1-b•r ot lattei-. in ~ -•ae1 (d) l!e. 

I! the arOlllN'Ot'd psla boot, {•) P!J! in the !&• 

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(1) an the page of the by u urv ccmsecut.1ve worda are Aleoted 

u there are c11llis in tho horisontal line ot tho plain text orosnord. pu••l•, 

beginnins at. the top or th~ pa~e and 1nclm11.nit &t'G" caption which mq be 

present. Onl~ cC1111>lete words, no abbreviationet, no s1nc1e l.et.ters aM no 

tip.re• are used. 

It tho .PA!• 1• div1dod 1 aa a sa.t.ter ot prl.naipl• the lett aid.• 1a tabn 

unln• llmR epeckl arrange•nt ha• been •de. 

(2) The initial le\.tera or t.he wrd• eelect.ed are written out in 

order, beginning at the top. 

~REC V VAN~ HM I LR '8 NF I ~ IS Cf ~ 11 llf I 13 '1 t' 12. Cf II I(,. '2. l'f S" to 

(3) When that. bu been d.one, the lattera an n\Bbend. ••rialq 

~col'di.n1 to t.M1r accurrence tn the alphabet. 1n •ucb tuhion that the 

firet lat."9r ot the alphabet ia cal.led number one. It the t:Lrat letter 1a 

Id.ulna, the next. following one cets t.bia nm.ber. U an-s let.tar occura 

.we than cmca, on its aecond occurrence it gate the next conaecut.1w mmber_, 

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•tc. '?be hleheat numbor tn.wt coincide wit.h tOO nmaber or cells. (lxll!lple 

at cue 2. tha lettero a and 1' abon.) 

(4) 'lbml thi• baa boan coi;p1oted, the plain 'test lettera 1D 

the rectani:le &l"9 transcribed according to t.he nl88:d.cal n;,. For ccm-

'ftn:tence ot control arid accuracy, the text ia tben transcribed in groups 

ot .ttve letten1, t1v• croups to the line. 

!be tot.al. amber of letters auat check with t bat el Yen in the 

heading. 

HNt:NT oCRAA IAIN 

(S) Tm t.xt. t.bue enc1ph9rad ia t.ranait.ted b7 ahort. wave aa 

toll.ans !be eender at the appointed tJ.M tint •enda hi• international 

call atgn. then his recoe:nf.tion signal in plain, repeating HYWl'al tiaes • 

.lt\er \bat. cmee the beading, then the ••aap, then tina~ tbe eianiDg 

ott aignal (international). After Gile 111.nute, the whole 1a repea.ted. 

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Thia i• •iaplT the nv.rae ot the ab<;vo. 

(1) When auch an encipberod •••8'• bu been :received tJw 

letters ana arranged 1n groupa of five to have a rood check and to 

facilitate work. 

(2) The heading pirea t.he page or the D,y and the page ot the 

cro•,...ord pu1:ale aa well u the letter count. 

()) First. turn to tho pa£o at text and lay trana;>&Mtnt paper 

OYer 1 t and above the p1111ale n'Ulllber the horillontal ceU. (See Pace two 

Paraaraph .3). Thus. one known at onco how 1U:!JJ.1 letters are required an 

the 'ke;y page ar.d then 1n what ordttr the lettor.s and tho plain to:xt are 

to be inecribod in tho croaanro.-d pu.ssle pattem, be&inning at the top. 

(4) The nuaber or l!qlUU"aS 1a counted, correapondinc to the obebk 

.ft12Mber 1n the heading and imediate'.q bloclcecl ott in pencil to prevent 

•k1ne arq lliatake• 1n decipherin~. 'lbrPple1 

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(5) ~ the 1'81' page the letters are written out vert.iaal.17; 

'beginning at the top and nuabered in alphabetical order. (Se. page 21 

azciphenaent, Seotion 2.) 

(6) 1fow the letter• or the enciphered •asage are entered 

corrti•pon41ng to tbe DUMrical k87 iD the cell.a ot tm crossword pus1le 

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pattern,. beafnning rit.h the column whoae nuabor cClllea tirat an tho kq pace. I 

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(i1) · When all the let.tens have been mt.ncl, those tall:tng 1n tbl 

black cells are oroeeed o tt 110 u not to 1ntertere w1 th the r eadin& o.r the 

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Ml a ut~ ot principle,. onq UO let.ter.1 AN to bo ued tor &J'\T ono 

\ •••age• It the sea:.Jage acmtaina !llOre l.ettera tban thia, 1t 1• broken up 

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