At 02:37 PM 10/2/02 -0700, Bill Frantz wrote: >While vacationing in Scotland this summer I had a conversation with a >gentleman who said that the British had used Scottish Gaelic speakers as >"code talkers" during World War II. He added that they were not used in >the European theatre, as there were too many Irish Gaelic speakers who >sympathized with the Axis. > >A quick glance at Kahn didn't turn up an information on these code talkers. >Has anyone else heard anything about it?
There's a possible reference in _Cryptonomicon_, but I honestly thought it was a joke.... >Cheers - Bill --John --John Kelsey, [EMAIL PROTECTED] // [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
