Word: cryptologist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...solution of the Purple Code fell to the U.S. Army Signal Corps' chief cryptologist, William Friedman, whom Kahn calls the world's greatest code expert. Friedman and his superb team had a head start. For example, they had already solved lower-level codes, and were familiar with common Japanese forms, such as "I have the honor to inform Your Excellency." As Kahn says, "these constituted virtual cribs...
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