Date:March 27th 1959
To: Captain Omen
From: Prof. Vandiver
Subject: Intercept
The Soviet message contained valuable information and a tantalising clue concerning the object we are required to recover. The K3 is believed to be the first serving nuclear powered boat in the Soviet fleet and its captain is an experienced officer. The choice of this boat may indicate that the Soviets intend to stay submersed for some time, and this confirms my suspicion that they do not have good intelligence concerning the location of the object. Given its apparent designation as a beacon I am puzzled that there is no signal for us to follow. I would recommend monitoring the spectrum for unexpected activity near the crash site. Our radio room sent me the enclosed signal WHICH IS believed to have been transmitted by the K3 prior to diving. As you predicted it is encrypted, but it appears, only lightly, and I will endeavour to decipher it quickly. Meanwhile I would recommend that we improve security by hiding the word structure of our messages using the standard 5 letter block format.
To: Captain Omen
From: Prof. Vandiver
Subject: Intercept
The Soviet message contained valuable information and a tantalising clue concerning the object we are required to recover. The K3 is believed to be the first serving nuclear powered boat in the Soviet fleet and its captain is an experienced officer. The choice of this boat may indicate that the Soviets intend to stay submersed for some time, and this confirms my suspicion that they do not have good intelligence concerning the location of the object. Given its apparent designation as a beacon I am puzzled that there is no signal for us to follow. I would recommend monitoring the spectrum for unexpected activity near the crash site. Our radio room sent me the enclosed signal WHICH IS believed to have been transmitted by the K3 prior to diving. As you predicted it is encrypted, but it appears, only lightly, and I will endeavour to decipher it quickly. Meanwhile I would recommend that we improve security by hiding the word structure of our messages using the standard 5 letter block format.
