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...Your Feb. 4 item on the new security classification, "cosmic," created by NATO, implies that this is the first use of a classification higher than top-secret . . . Early in 1944, Allied Force HQ in Algiers began planning for the invasion of southern France that year; the code word "BIGOT" was assigned as the security classification if or those matters which were "even more secret than top-secret." In fact, "BIGOT Y" card holders were authorized to see papers which personnel assigned "BIGOT X" cards could not-which placed "BIGOT Y" two security classifications above mere top-secret. Despite these precautions...
Armed with sheaves of evidence and backed by 52 witnesses, the prosecutor began unfolding an imposing story of Communist espionage and intrigue. It began more than 2½ years ago, after the U.S.-bolstered Greek army had crushed the Communist guerrilla revolt. Greek intelligence officers began picking up coded radio conversations between a station near Bucharest, in Communist Rumania, and clandestine stations near Athens. For more than a year they tried without success to track down the source, meanwhile collecting scores of messages in a code they could not decipher...
Many ads are in a kind of code. Prime example, from the Washington Star: "Pack, '51 dlx 4 dr, ultra, R.H., 1262 act mi." (Translation: 1951 Packard four-door deluxe with Ultramatic Drive, radio and heater, has been driven 1262 actual miles.) From the Denver Post: "New Ig Iv rm, frpl, 2 bdrm, Ig kt, exp attic cel gar." (Translation: a new house with a large living room with fireplace, two bedrooms, large kitchen, expansion attic and cellar garage.) Automobiles are "jim dandy," "slick as a whistle," "A-i," "just like new," "never a wreck," "peachy keen," and "loaded...
...president of the University of Oklahoma displayed the attitude that could negate the value of the A.C.E. program when he said: "The code looks a little rough to me. We may have created another Volstead (Prohibition) Act." That is just what the program should not be considered--a restrictive, legalistic, unworkable ordinance. It is a framework on which colleges interested in preserving amateur sports can build their athletic policies. As long as college presidents find the suggestions "a little rough," even if they try to carry them out, the program will never work. It requires a will to comply...
...Some official wartime code names: Truman, "Kilting"; Stalin, "Glyptic"; Harry Hopkins, "Kneepiece"; Eisenhower, "Duckpin"; Stettinius, "Collodion...