The WWII P forgot

[Mark Wright AIA]

Howdy
--- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
> By the early 70s however all the Enigmas were worn out and

There are several generations of Enigma machines on display at the
museum of the National Security Agency in Maryland. One of the works,
mostly, and my kids were able to encode and decode little messages to
each other.  It was kind of creepy but a little bit fun. I recommend a
visit.

The Enigmas were used by the german industiral conglomerates to
communicate with subsidiaries and branches (sorry, I can't remember
which industial groups exactly).  These early Enigmas were given an
additional layer of complexity for diplomatic and military use. Pynchon
can't have known about this in the 60's or there'd certainly be clear
reference in GR.

Mark


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