[Spooks] Automated Spy Numbers Loggings

[mslaten]

Hi List:

Martin wrote:

"It doesn't matter.  The cut numbers are just symbols for some coded
character and you can represent each "number" by any character you choose,
so long as you are consistent.  Each cut digit is just a symbol for some
other enciphered character which is unknown to most of us (well, me at
least)."

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    Martin, it matters greatly which table of Cuban cut numbers are the
correct ones.  The letter "T" = 0.  If you used the incorrect table, "T" =
9.  If the recipient of the coded message should use the incorrect table,
he/she would never be able to decode the message, as all the numbers would
be wrong.
    In reality, cut numbers are actual numbers.  CW stations use them as a
sort of shorthand to speed up the transmissions.  It is quicker to send "T"
or "-" for "0" than it is to send "- - - - -" for the morse character "0".
    The correct table is thus:

    A    =    1
    N    =    2
    D    =    3
    U    =    4
    W    =    5
    R    =    6
    I     =    7
    G    =    8
    M    =    9
    T    =    0

    The old (pre-1996) M8 stations used to send the group count of the
message with the callup to the addressee.  The standard 150 group count was
always sent as AWT.  By the above table you can see that AWT = 150.  If any
other combinations of letters were sent, that would not equal 150.
The same for the addressee sent.  If WIUNN (equal to 57422) was sent, then
that agent (57422) would know he was the intended recipient.  If the
transmitting station instead, just randomly picked any other combination of
cut numbers, nobody would  know who the message is intended for.
    When I submit my logs, I always send in the addressees in the actual
number that it is.  This is how it is intended to be copied.  It is just a
matter of learning the meaning of 10 number equivalents.  Also, for
analytical purposes, this helps to determine information about a network and
it's characteristics and make up.
    I hope this cleared things up.  If there are any other questions, I
would be happy to comment if I can.

73's
Mark