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l. !ti.er• will ·be ahortly aYailable ard etteetiYe &• rtletr!buted 

a new Stat• De..-rtment, lar Derertment, enrf leYJ' lltip•:rtment c1pb•r 

Wt11 the cipher dedo• 1-1)81 an, 1tr1p alphabets. This 911tea 1• 

bollj bJ tbe rollwin,cs . _ . . . 

IJVl'. .. Thie a;yat•• a7 be uaed to COllllUlllcate with th• 

Co-Dder-111...Chi•t• A•i•t!c l!"eet., u:! a117 ah1p tu th• 

wit.re ad~aeent to Cb!o.e. 1 .Tape.a, ~ the Philippine talan~e, vis., 2~y ahip in the A~1atic Fleet. 

Th• only ehor• eot1Y1t1•1 hol11o.t this e7ate12 are 

tbe laY,J' Diepartment, Co•:tan.1ant l.Lth hw.l Di1trict. 

(BozaolW.u, '1'. ft.), Co.Ma1ant 16th hnl 'D1etr1ot 

(118.Dila, P. I .. ), an1 .. rin.e Detachments at Pe1p1na1 

T1enta1~, aid Sben&hai. 

STAD - Thia qate• 1• hel~ bJ the tollowiq otticial11 

ltai. bepartsent 

bbea•aiio?" to China 1abeaes~or to Japan 

Con1ul at !ong lo-n1 

Oon1ul •t1 007 

Ca a ton 

Chotoo 

Chungkiq ,... 

roochow 

ltnlcow 

lalliJ.n& 

felpiq 

8haqba1 

h•tow 

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1171tn it can be 1'one bi applying to tb• u•areet hol"ler. It will be 

deail'eble to wse th1e whenever praot1oabl• in order to reduce Lb• 

Oowit ot traff1o .. llt iD the double tra.n•poaition oipher,. 

f.i>:r th• Cb1ct Sipal Otticor_1 

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State, War, 4nd- tfo:v7 Cryptographic Syetma.~ 

D. $. Uill :t:s.ey J, t ti.t chei, 

'l'<>leyo, ,Ta.pan .. 

l. There will be shortly ovailablo gn:l .af'teotiff as r!iattlbut.ed, 

fl new Stat& Depar:trimt, War Dep:1.rU.ent, and. Bavy De-pa.rtaent cipher 

using t."1.e cipher device l-1381 and strip alpbnbets. Thia syste.t1 ia 

held b)t the following; · / 

DAVY - 1'hl.s e,stea 11ey be μaed to eoulinioate with the' 

C011lm4nder-in-Cbief, Aeiatie Fleet, r,·.rd any eb1p in the 

wt\tart: a:ijacent to Chi,na, Jep~·o, 1md tbe ?h1lipjJiue 

I!~~n~a, viz., an)'· ship in tnc lt.Siatic ~l~et. 

fhe qnly ~bore activitiec bol~1ng this system ~.re 

the Javy De?art.1,1ent, ComrAIUld&nt J...Gth N~val DiDtrict 

(.Honolulu, T. R.), Co=aMdant 16th !fevs.l Diotrict 

(knila, P. I.), and Marine ~t&.chmQlltS at feipicg, 

T1entsin, c.nd Shanghai. 

STA't~ - 'l'hi:J eyete.ir; 1~ held by tbe following offici!la: 

Declassified by NSA/C5S 

Stete De~...rtm6nt · 

Aiabea~arlor to Cnin&. 

Amb&Hador to JapaQ, 

Control 11.t Hotii .Kof.lg 

CHINA 

Coneul e. t: ;,woy 

C&ntmi 

Ohatoo 

Chungld.ng 

.Foo chow 

li«nitow 

Rsllking 

·Peipine 

Shanghai 

. Deputy As.so,iate Director for Polley ~nd ~rd5 

On ~ J}t' f/J )y tf'fl>7 

Swatow · 

Tientsin 

Teingtao. 

CONFIDENTIAL -
Ooneul t1tt: · Kobe 

N1<ift.Saki 

TokJio 

Yokobua 

2. lheu it is deeired to collilunioate from the field u~ing this 

eyeto 1t oan be 1one by applying to the no!ll"fllSt holder. It 'fill ~ 

deairable to uae thie whtltlover ~r~ctiee.ble 1g order to r~duoe the 

amount of t1•affic aent in t:i6 1~uble trimapoaition oipbei-. · 

For the Chief ·Signnl O!ficar-; 

"· o. Reeder; M,.jor, S1gn~l Corps. 
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J'tnuary 25, 19.39 

Stllto,, !far, an:i Navr Oryptogr~;iiliie Sy-ate •. 

u. s. W.lltaey Atte.che, 

Poiping, China. 

l. There will be s~rtly a.Tail.able e.o~'! ~ffective ae distri~, 

a nu EU.ts Departmezat, ffai- Depc:ix-thut, 11nd lfa.vy Department cipher 

using tho nipher d.evlce M-lJaA and •tri? alphe.bets. This ayatea 1a 

hel.1 by the followingi · 

JO.VY ~ This '75te.1'!. raey be used. to comuaicate w<i:th the 

Co1111Anqer~in-Chief, Ae1at1c Fl•et, and any ~hip in the · watera.adjacel:it to China,, .Ta.pan, ani the Pb1ll?P1ne 

Islllnd&, via., any. ship in the Jisiatio J'leet. 

'!be onl,y ahore activities holdiog thi~ SJetea are 

the Bav,y Der.artment, Coiailtan&ult U:th Nav~l District 

(Honol,Jlu, T. H.), Commandant 16th !gvnl District 

(Manila, P. I.), end lfe.r~ l'leuchtYlente at Peiping, 

T.ientain, .tmd Shanghe.1. 

STA.TL: • !bis syst• its held b)' th~ following officials: 

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State Depa.rtment· Aabaes~.dor to Cnine. 

Jaah..q,ssndor to Japan 

Contul . e. t .Bong Kone; 

CHif~A 

Coneul at: kt!o7 

Canton 

Chef(lO 

ChungkiDg. 

Fooohow 

Hank ow 

Nan king: 

Deputy Associate Director for Poliey ind r:t~uml§ 

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Peiping 

Sh.!lngbai 

Sir a tow 

Tientain 

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Con•ul at; ltobe 

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Tokyo 

Yokohama 

~. t.lh·11u·1 it is doairod to commun1aata !rom tbe ·r1eld uaing this 

s1etea it can he done ey applying to the nu.r•at hold•r. It will be 

desirable to us• thi~ wheneYer praoticable in order to reduce tbe 

eaount of ~~rfic aent in the double tr~nspoo1t1on cipher. 

For the Chief S~gnal Qf ficers 

w. O. Raeder, 

Vajor, Signal Corpe.