The Friedman Legacy: A Tribute to William and Elizebeth Friedman
by Edited by the Center for Cryptologic History
Appendix II. Appendix II
The Letters from General Marshall to Governor Dewey, 25 and 27 September 1944
The Marshall-Dewey correspondence is so important in cryptologic history that I feel the whole of it should be included even in this brief history. When the letter was written, it was, of course, TOP SECRET and it was only under great pressure from certain members of the Joint Congressional Committee that General Marshall revealed its contents. Thus, it came into the public domain not only on the very day that General Marshall was forced to place it in evidence – its publication caused a great sensation in the newspapers – but also when the forty volumes of the hearings of that committee were published and put on sale by the Superintendent of ...
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