Kryha: 4th Problem

 

                                HEADQUARTERS

                         ARMY SECURITY AGENCY

                                Washington D.C.

 

WDGSS-33                                                  30 March 1942

 

SUBJECT: German spies in south America

 

TO: Mr A.braham Sinkov

 

We intercepted this message from Berlin. The
operator committed the error of first
transmitting it in plain text. We now know that the
enemy has decided to create networks in South
America. It is a shame that we only know the code
names of the spies. Perhaps we will know them by
deciphering their second message.

 

On the other hand, we know that the enemy uses the
Kryha machine with the standard disk. It also uses
two alphabets but they are inverse to each other
(as in our M-209 machine). Unfortunately, the
alphabet used is disorganized.

William F. Friedman,

 

1st Message:

 

KJACN VONXC ANARI SXANX SARGO YBOLI VARXB ETRIE BYICH XERNE
NNEXS IEXAL SXKOP FXALL ERXUN SERER XGEHE IMENX AKTIV ITAET
ENXIN XSUED AMERI KAYIH RXFUN KKOMM UNIKA TIONS ZENTR UMXMU
SSXIN XBUEN OSXAI RESXG EGRUE NDETX WERDE NYJAN SENXI STXVE
RANTW ORTLI CHXFU ERXDI EXGRU ENDUN GXEIN ESXNE TZWER KSXIN
XCHIL EYGUA POXIS TXVER ANTWO RTLIC HXFUE RXDIE XEINR ICHTU
NGXEI NESXA NDERE NXNET ZWERK SXINX PARAG UAYYL UNAXW IRDXZ
UMXHA UPTFU NKBET REIBE RXERN ANNTY KJACN

 

KJACN LUFED ZFKPF IYGIS FTOGF NXIXZ MFVME RZPAO HFHIH QBJHV
ZAEQT SYMZJ PVLID LBPZN BJYPZ ZZKDE JNPFX MARKM ZMMWA RMYHL
XYHRS MLJXR WOIDB MSNHW AVVES RJFYQ UPJOV XECQQ YFMEB SPULD
LVIFV UKDDB PGSDE SKQID SXADK PKAYL GALWX ERYTJ JGCAD NNNNL
NJFZG ULXVF JNVMY LPAXG MNGQA NVNNQ LYQAF GKPWJ AFALB GMJQX
OVSNG JWKLK RTOEO CORMO NSPMX MNDOF GHHMV RSBMH RJZIJ YDZEF
GOCYM QUPMZ APFUL CFZUM IVTWR LCYGH ATSVY FYDLM DMPJJ PIHNH
IGFXN WYUKF LJWIH JLXGK IJALB UYQEZ KJACN

 

Von Canaris an Sargo. Bolivar Betrieb. Ich ernenne Sie als
Kopf aller unserer x geheimen Aktivitaeten in Suedamerika. Ihr
unkkommunikationszentrum muss in Buenos Aires gegruendet werden.
Jansen ist verantwortlich fuer die Gruendung eines Netzwerks in
Chile. Guapo ist verantwortlich fuer die Einrichtung eines
anderen Netzwerks in Paraguay. Luna wird zum Hauptfunkbetreiber
ernannt.

 

2nd Message:

 

KHICN MXDMJ GJLAC ITZYE VLTSE WRNFK NSSPN ECONU XBXJX MUWYZ
AWVYL NQHLU DOUDV IUFRK IXCSP TZDMI RMIMK DFMEA KX
DDY ZEXMX
XRGNW QTWPB BQNJN XLHNI XGFXG GBHFG GQJKG OKIVJ QKBXX QEBNF
EVWSR ISUJX AZLDP HLIEK WQXCI EISMK YCONC ZGTPB JPLWS NPEIX
KHICN