Author : Desmond Ball
Release : 2013-09-01
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 084/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Breaking Japanese Diplomatic Codes by : Desmond Ball
Download or read book Breaking Japanese Diplomatic Codes written by Desmond Ball. This book was released on 2013-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Second World War, Australia maintained a super-secret organisation, the Diplomatic (or `D’) Special Section, dedicated to breaking Japanese diplomatic codes. The Section has remained officially secret as successive Australian Governments have consistently refused to admit that Australia ever intercepted diplomatic communications, even in war-time. This book recounts the history of the Special Section and describes its code-breaking activities. It was a small but very select organisation, whose `technical’ members came from the worlds of Classics and Mathematics. It concentrated on lower-grade Japanese diplomatic codes and cyphers, such as J-19 (FUJI), LA and GEAM. However, towards the end of the war it also worked on some Soviet messages, evidently contributing to the effort to track down intelligence leakages from Australia to the Soviet Union.
