Zimmermann Telegram (crypto history)

Perry E. Metzger perry at piermont.com
Wed Jan 24 09:18:30 PST 1996



cjl writes:
> Why is it that I seem to recall that one of the responses by a govt. 
> official to the intercept was the infamous diplomatic quote
> 
> "Gentlemen do not read other gentlemen's mail"

It wasn't. That was in response to the entire Yardley "Black Chamber"
incident.

.pm






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