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1 This use of UKW A by Lovett is curious because the enciphered message at the heart of the story was supposedly written in 1945, 8 years after the UKW A was replaced by the UKW B as the standard reflector on German Army, Navy, and Air Force Enigma machines.
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John F. Dooley
John F. Dooley is the William and Marilyn Ingersoll Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. His research interests are in the history of cryptology, computer security, cryptology in fiction, software development in small groups, and computer science education. His latest book is The Gambler and the Scholars: Herbert Yardley, William & Elizebeth Friedman, and the Birth of Modern American Cryptology published by Springer.