Fwd: Re: [GreenKeys] Teletype Machine

[Don Robert House]

>Interesting!  The messages must have real garble possiblities with 3 shifts!

Don

>
>Jack Hart wrote:
>
>>  Henry, et al,
>>
>>  I remember seeing a photo, somewhere, of a teleprinter that was used for the
>>  "hot line" between Russia and the US during Kennedy's time in office. It
>>  looked
>>  a little like a Model 15/Lorenz machine. However, a Model 28 would not be
>>  out
>>  of the question since they were used all over the place. I personally saw
>>  a couple of 28 Compacts used by the Secret Service as they followed the
>>  President in his travels (Johnson, at the time). If the producer is
>>  looking for a 28, then it looks like you have what he needs.
>>
>  > Jack WA2HWJ

Charles Ring wrote:

>The 15-looking machine was a Russian version of the 15 with three shifts to
>accomodate the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. It and 28ASR's were used on the
>Hotline, but was the hot line in place during the missile crisis?  I seem to
>recall that it was set up in the aftermath of the crisis,
>

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