Marching Orders: The Untold Story of How the American Breaking of the Japanese Secret Codes Led to the Defeat of Nazi Germany and Japan

by Bruce Lee

These German intercepts are especially valuable to Berlin because the cryptographic systems used by the Allied governments in exile are of poor quality, and the messages are extremely informative. As soon as a minister for a government in exile learns something from the British government, he passes it on to his brother embassies in exile around the world. It is claimed that almost everything the British, Americans and Russians try to keep secret in London, the exiles diligently tattle. The Balkan governments and Poland are the worst offenders. This is especially true of the Polish military attaché’s traffic between London and Bern, Switzerland.