Alan: On Sat, 30 Mar 1996, Alan Horowitz wrote:
Is there any indication that the GRU or Chinese or Iranian intelligence (I think these are our only foes nowadays who have blue-water {to mix a
What about the Allies, and alleged allies of the US. Canada, Britian, Israel? << Why assume that only non-allies will want to conduct any sort of sigint against human speakers of Navajo.
metaphor} spook services) could do better than the Japanese did in sigint'ing against human speakers of Navajoe?
Have the Chinese turned their thought towards cryptography, or cryptanalysis yet? If so, I suspect the answer is yes, If not, then the answer is a definate No. The Chinese Intelligence Service traditionally has not looked outward, preferring to ply its trade domestically. That said, the earliest extant text on espionage is Chinese.
Is the Navjo language still extent among draft-age men? Life in the Southwest has changed considerably since 1943.
I suspect more anglos can speak Navajo now, than during WW2 -- both numerically, and as a percentage of the population. << Some americans do think a second languages is useful, unlike some people on this list. Admittedly, the US still has a far way to catchup to the European idea of what a literate person is. >> xan jonathon grafolog@netcom.com