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Re: Gaelic Code Talkers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bear)
Thu Oct 3 11:12:10 2002
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:48:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: bear <bear@sonic.net>
To: Bill Frantz <frantz@pwpconsult.com>
Cc: cryptography@wasabisystems.com
In-Reply-To: <v03110705b9c115abbaf5@[165.247.207.33]>
Neal Stephenson probably ran into a similar story; he inserts it
(in fictionalized, names-changed form) in his novel Cryptonomicon.
You can probably find some references to the historical precedences
by googling starting there.
[Moderator's Note: I think Stephenson's story didn't seem to involve
code talkers, and appeared to be entirely fictional... --Perry]
Bear
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Bill Frantz wrote:
>While vacationing in Scotland this summer I had a conversation with a
>gentleman who said that the British had used Scottish Gaelic speakers as
>"code talkers" during World War II. He added that they were not used in
>the European theatre, as there were too many Irish Gaelic speakers who
>sympathized with the Axis.
>
>A quick glance at Kahn didn't turn up an information on these code talkers.
>Has anyone else heard anything about it?
>
>Cheers - Bill
>
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