-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/">The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe</A> ----- Spy vs. Spy Enigma Machine Comes Home Good thing there wasn't a bomb in the package. JEREMY PAXMAN opened a mystery parcel yesterday and found the missing Enigma cipher machine, stolen six months ago from Bletchley Park, the home of Britain's wartime codebreakers. However, the presenter of Newsnight and University Challenge did not at first realise the bonus that was waiting for him in the BBC offices. The hefty cardboard package, sent by Royal Mail special delivery, had been lying unopened for days before a colleague pointed out it was addressed to him. Paxman said: "As soon as I opened it I realised what it was. It looks as though it is authentic. It's got the G312 code on the back. I haven't a clue why they sent it to me. As far as I know I haven't got a reputation as a receiver of stolen goods. I'm delighted to be able to return it to its rightful owner. They are very poignant machines. I think what they did at Bletchley Park during the war was quite outstanding." The device, which was posted in a wooden box with a leather handle and wrapped in three layers of packing and bubble wrapping, has yet to be authenticated by Bletchley Park. It was sent without its three main rotors, the key enciphering component, and the Bletchley Park Trust was told these would only be handed over in return for £25,000 compensation. The rare, four-rotor version of the wartime machine used by German military intelligence is worth £100,000 intact but much less without its rotors. Christine Large, the trust's chief executive, said that the "new owner" had contacted her yesterday to give his instructions for a handover of £25,000, which he claims was paid for the machine, in exchange for the rotors. The trust agreed to pay the ransom following a threat from a "middle-man", claiming to act for someone who bought the machine, that it would be destroyed. A British company is understood to have come forward to offer the £25,000. Mrs Large said: "Following this act of faith by the new owner of G312, we are now attempting to put him in touch with representatives of the benefactor who has come forward with the £25,000 ransom." The machine, which had been loaned to the trust by GCHQ, Britain's modern-day codebreaking organisation, was in a wooden box the size of a typewriter. It disappeared on an open day in April shortly before the trust's display of three Enigma machines was to be fitted with infra-red alarms. The London Telegraph, October 17, 2000 ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
