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RE: tapping of telephone cable
Posted by: Forest ()
Date: January 02, 2001 04:36AM

The telephone conversations were tapped under a project assigned to an Engineer named Vetterlein. His reports went to Himmler, who then provided them directly to Hitler, bypassing the Wehrmacht, Kriegsmarine, and even the Abwehr. However, no u-boat was involved. It was done by using an extremely sensitive antenna in Holland. (I\'m not sure I understand how transatlantic wire transmissions get picked up by an antenna in Holland. Must have been some antenna!) The conversations were scrambled by AT&T, and Vetterlein figured how to unscramble them.

See Farago\'s book on German spying, \"The Game of the Foxes\". There is a chapter on this particular subject.

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tapping of telephone cable Fluco 12/23/2000 12:54AM
RE: tapping of telephone cable fluco 12/29/2000 12:38AM
RE: tapping of telephone cable David W 12/29/2000 05:13AM
RE: tapping of telephone cable Rainer Bruns 12/29/2000 11:10PM
RE: tapping of telephone cable Forest 01/02/2001 04:36AM
RE: tapping of telephone cable Fluco 01/02/2001 09:00PM
Re: RE: tapping of telephone cable David 07/03/2008 07:48PM


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