Chapter 7: Analysis of the six-wheel Hagelin cipher machine where indicators are unciphered --- solutions: 1. Plain text: No. 1 - IN MARCH AND APRIL COMMA A POWERFUL IJN CARRIER FORCE LAUNCHED A RAID INTO THE INDIAN OCEAN STOP No. 2 - BRITISH ROYAL NAVY BASES IN CEYLON WERE HIT AND THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS HERMES AS WELL AS OTHER ALLIED SHIPS WERE SUNK STOP No. 3 - THE ATTACK FORCED THE ROYAL NAVY TO WITHDRAW TO THE WESTERN PART OF THE INDIAN OCEAN STOP No. 4 - THIS PAVED THE WAY FOR A JAPANESE ASSAULT ON BURMA AND INDIA STOP No. 5 - IN BURMA THE BRITISH COMMA UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE COMMA MADE A FIGHTING RETREAT FROM RANGOON TO THE INDO DASH BURMESE BORDER STOP Inner key : _BCD___HI___MNOP_RS_U___Y_ AB__EFGH_J_L_NO__RSTUV___ _B_DE__H__KLMNO_Q_____X _B___FG__J_L__OP___TU AB____GH___L_NOP_RS __CD_F__IJ_LMN_PQ 2:2:12:7:1:5, with 2 overlaps: (1-6) and (3-6) 2. Plain text: No. 1 - IN LATE ONE NINE FOUR ONE COMMA AS THE JAPANESE STRUCK AT PEARL HARBOR COMMA No. 2 - MOST OF AUSTRALIA QUOTE S BEST FORCES WERE COMMITTED TO THE FIGHT AGAINST HITLER No. 3 - AUSTRALIA WAS ILL DASH PREPARED FOR AN ATTACK LACKING ARMAMENTS MODERN FIGHTER AIRCRAFT HEAVY BOMBERS AND AIRCRAFT CARRIERS Inner Key: _B__EF__I____N_PQRS_U_W_YZ A_C_E_G____L__OPQR__UVXY_ _B_DEF_H_JKL_N__Q_S_UVX A____FG__J___N__Q_STU ___DEF_H__K__N_P_R_ A_C__FGH_J_L__O_Q 4:10:7:11:2:1, and 8 overlaps: 1-2:1, 1-4:2, 2-3:3, 2-4:2