[47858] in Cypherpunks
Re: Zimmermann Telegram (crypto history)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Wed Jan 24 11:21:07 1996
To: cjl <cjl@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu>
Cc: Cypherpunks mailing list <cypherpunks@toad.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Jan 1996 10:20:44 EST."
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Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 11:16:21 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
cjl writes:
> Why is it that I seem to recall that one of the responses by a govt.
> official to the intercept was the infamous diplomatic quote
>
> "Gentlemen do not read other gentlemen's mail"
It wasn't. That was in response to the entire Yardley "Black Chamber"
incident.
.pm
