RELIA BLEIN FORGF TIONF ROMCA SASGR ANDES RECEI LEDHE RETHA TAMOU NTEDD ETACH MSKTL EFTTH ERELA STNIG HTTOE SCORT SHYMP ENTOF ARMSA NDAMM UNITI ONTOB ESMUG GLEDA CRJXS BORDE RNEXT FRIDA YNIGH TATAP OINTT WELVE MIENX FKOSB
Beyond this point the message, if we continue the deciphering process, is unintelligible. The sense fails at the first P of the cipher group BSPPK. We have translated B as M with disk A to N and S as I with disk A to A. The last words that make sense are A POINT TWELVE MI; clearly the rest of the last word is LES and this is represented by PPK. Putting P=L then A=A and putting P=E then A=T. In other words, the encipherer forgot to change his disk setting, A to A, after enciphering I into S and enciphered L into P with the same setting, A to A. Continuing the deciphering on this basis, we have:
LES EASTO FDOUG LAS.T HISIS INYOU RDIST RICT. WILLY OUTAK ENECE SSARV STEPS TOPRE VENTT HISSH IPMEN TFROM GOING SKZRX LEADE ROFSM UGGLE RSSAL DTOBE JUANH ERNAN DEZOF NACO.
The minor errors underlined above are not difficult to correct except the sixth word in the eighth line. They will be taken up however for analysis of cause of error.
Line 1, GF should be MA. Putting the latter into cipher we find the letters of the cipher should have been GO instead of MJ. This is clearly a telegrapher’s error, --. --- becoming -- .---
Line 2, L should be V. The corresponding cipher letter should be F instead of P. This is an error of the encipherer in copying.
Line 2, SK should be EN. The corresponding cipher letters should be YU instead of KX. Another telegrapher’s error, -.-- ..- becoming -.- -..-
Line 3, Y should be I. The corresponding cipher letter should be L instead of V. Another error in copying by the encipherer.
Line 4, JX should be OS. The corresponding cipher letters should be FK instead of KF; an error on the part of the encipherer in copying.
Line 7, V should be Y. A mistake in copying.