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X-WR-CALDESC:20 Dec 1946: Meredith Gardner broke into a KGB message contain
 ing list of scientists working on the Manhattan Project. Mr. Gardner was i
 nducted into the NSA Cryptologic Hall of Honor in 2004. Read an excerpt be
 low or click the link below for the full entry. You can also learn more ab
 out Meredith Gardner on the<b> <a href='http://spartacus-educational.com/M
 eredith_Gardner.htm'>Spartacus Educational site.</a></b> \n\nMr. Gardner p
 roved instrumental in breaking the underlying code and led the efforts to 
 reconstruct the codebooks. By identifying the 'spell' and 'end spell' indi
 cators\, Meredith Gardner was able to recover the portion of the codebook 
 used for spelling English names and phrases in a message. He continued to 
 build on his success\, recovering more and more code groups. The first mes
 sage was broken in February 1946. The value of his work was clearly demons
 trated in July 1946\, when he decoded a message containing encryption proc
 edures for Soviet spies in Mexico.\n\nMr. Gardner decided that merely decr
 ypting VENONA messages was not enough if the decrypts could not be put to 
 good use. He sent a memo\, 'Special Report #1\,' to a small number of Army
  Security Agency (ASA) seniors in the summer of 1947\, describing what sor
 t of intelligence VENONA could provide. He also included samples of the ma
 terial being recovered. Mr. Gardner's report helped the Army's leadership 
 to recognize the value of VENONA\, leading to cooperation between the ASA 
 (later NSA) and the FBI in the identification of Soviet agents working in 
 the United States.
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DESCRIPTION:20 Dec 1946: Meredith Gardner broke into a KGB message containi
 ng list of scientists working on the Manhattan Project. Mr. Gardner was in
 ducted into the NSA Cryptologic Hall of Honor in 2004. Read an excerpt bel
 ow or click the link below for the full entry. You can also learn more abo
 ut Meredith Gardner on the<b> <a href='http://spartacus-educational.com/Me
 redith_Gardner.htm'>Spartacus Educational site.</a></b> \n\nMr. Gardner pr
 oved instrumental in breaking the underlying code and led the efforts to r
 econstruct the codebooks. By identifying the 'spell' and 'end spell' indic
 ators\, Meredith Gardner was able to recover the portion of the codebook u
 sed for spelling English names and phrases in a message. He continued to b
 uild on his success\, recovering more and more code groups. The first mess
 age was broken in February 1946. The value of his work was clearly demonst
 rated in July 1946\, when he decoded a message containing encryption proce
 dures for Soviet spies in Mexico.\n\nMr. Gardner decided that merely decry
 pting VENONA messages was not enough if the decrypts could not be put to g
 ood use. He sent a memo\, 'Special Report #1\,' to a small number of Army 
 Security Agency (ASA) seniors in the summer of 1947\, describing what sort
  of intelligence VENONA could provide. He also included samples of the mat
 erial being recovered. Mr. Gardner's report helped the Army's leadership t
 o recognize the value of VENONA\, leading to cooperation between the ASA (
 later NSA) and the FBI in the identification of Soviet agents working in t
 he United States.
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SUMMARY:1946: Meredith Gardner broke into KGB message re: Manhattan Project
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