Transcript of Cipher Messages from 04 August 1969


Transcript of BAL024_04.08.1969

The transcript below has been made by Richard Bean one of the contributors on Klaus Schmeh's Blog "Klausis Krypto Kolumne".
NB! NB! NB! NB!
The facsimile copy of the PDF file BAL024_04.08.1969.pdf contains two messages, one cleartext message and a ciphertext message. After studying several of the PDF files it turns out that the cleartext message is BAL024 and the ciphertext message is BAL025.
The PDF file BAL025_04.08.1969.pdf also contains two messages, the first is the ciphertext of BAL026 while the second is the end of BAL025.
The file BAL026_04.08.1969.pdf contains an incomplete beginning of BAL026. Taken altogether it is possible to make almost complete transcripts of the two ciphertext telegrams BAL025 and BAL024.
Below follows the transcript of the plaintext message BAL024.



VOL BQ PSE RD THIS AS BAL24 RPT BAL 24
 
ZCZC BAL25/(4/8 BIS - 04 1802

MOST IMMEDIATE 

FOR UGWUMBA FROM CC

M SORRY YOUR TELEX A PARIS IS BROKEN 

O
1385 S P 
414700 BIAFR D 
1385 SRL P


Transcript of BAL025_04.08.1969

The transcript below has been made by Richard Bean one of the contributors on Klaus Schmeh's Blog "Klausis Krypto Kolumne".
NB! NB! NB! NB!
This is the transcript of the ciphertext message in the PDF file BAL024_04.08.1969.pdf.
This message is in reality telegram BAL025, please see the explanation above.
Below follows the transcript of the ciphertext message BAL025.



FOR O FROM DR OBONNA 
 
DTYAT RRLTT IEBPC ODIBC DHLDT ELEIM EIEIC SATMI OORSB SHOAT 
LLGDE OLEEA EHTRO HAWTT IHNRT SERVO DIERE POAMT OENEO OLTNE 
MGHFH RNAUN ERRNU GFEPH IEHTL RLTOR UEETA FUUIL FODHL EOOCE 
VXNEN ICOAM NIOAR OUOOO OMMUD ISEEA TAXRS FGHSE NDETO CMROA 
WIYGY OIIGN HTVUO FFEIE TRMPY HANEE EPANE SAVHI CLSDC NCFDT 

PAGE 2/50 
HASYO IEEWT DITEN AOONN IEMIT UNLEF YOIDF CFFNN LNORE HIDEC
CTEOT CEOTA OECNT EEEEE EEFTR SMIKP TLNEO NSTRR FNTTS UOWED
YREIO 71/4  AWAGT S---- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
TOTNR AOEPE RHEHL NEOUE RRATD IBRTA OCAAA AOFIH OIAIO TTHIT
DOMSO TLWSA BCOFO SSEEO RRFEM AEIVD BETSO IBTRU HSHCN TMICO

PAGE 3/50 
HNHHP HDFNT HNKAL LBDLR DESOO EWTFE TOTIM TOTTS RAETF CBIHU 
PNORC SUZFD LNEVO NTLTO OPDEO NNSSE UANSM SLRLR MSZRY LCPSN
ENETI SADST ROYNS ETRIT ECTTO EEDPH OVLTB FPODE LONSE TMASA
NGRHU EOALF DNOFF HOIOG UCFFM SIRTN EBUEM ECGCO LAANP SLNPD
TCUUT TAELA SIIIR 142/4 TDDTA SMLES CHESS ACFCE DTSDS BICTR

PAGE 4/18
OEDSS BNDEE NAANS NNEDI PEEEM 11/4  OODME RTUTS WMETG EEDSN 
NOPGS ICDAS LRRSS TENTS GYDSD AMEES LYISS 22/4 

COLL 71/4 142/4 11/4 22/4+++ 


Transcript of BAL026_04.08.1969

The transcript below has been made by Richard Bean one of the contributors on Klaus Schmeh's Blog "Klausis Krypto Kolumne".
NB! NB! NB! NB!
This is the transcript of the first ciphertext message in the PDF file BAL025_04.08.1969.pdf combined with the incomplete copy of the same message in the PDF file BAL026_04.08.1969.pdf.
This message is in reality telegram BAL026, please see the explanation above.
Below follows the transcript of the ciphertext message BAL026.



FOR O FROM DR OBONNA REPEATED UGZTMA 

NROIS NNDHO NIAGO TIEST ANFRH NEATA REIIK HPOIT FAWNR HFTRA 
AEONE EMRRT INEDI OOHGY SATGW ROTME HCIEE INERR OAOEC IMRCE 
OITGS PGNCT ONEAT OBYER IFWOF LADET OSHSC ATWLN TECTR SRIID 
SNUUA DITDO SREWE RORET EHKTF MMKTR EOSUR OLNHE TOTEN RHSUI 
MOSST USYTB HSIAD EBAOC ARYTR AOSDE ECETC SRENI ALOER UUPAP 

PAGE 2/50 
EATAD AALAN WCCEH CDOAA SATUL ETTNL IENNT FREYM AEFVP HADRF 
LSWGE DHONV BTCNY EFNVT EENGN BICTR OSHHM TIRHS IMOPW OOERE 
AIEHT 71/4  PGIDN COHEH PRIHD NEEAE SNRES NEFRH NSAUH OSKNT 
TFLLO NSOAS THUAE CIERR YTSEE GIAIO AGSNE AMTRO RRTGC NDNAO 
SBUNO SAHER MSITB YIEOS RODBI EAYAO HESEN HNSAE SRFAH SONFF 

PAGE 3/50 
OKORS HRRGF PTLEF THSGO TEDML UELFS IONET BORTS UAFEO EAOSI 
WOLSO UTESU RPHNR TAUOA SICUF RRIJE HAOIR OTSVO OGENS GBEEA 
DSNRE TSUGU TDEUF EEART KTTNM ESLTL CTEOI ATOHU AKUNS EOTME 
TYYRD TFSTO PENTT IERYS WAWEA TRECA OAODJ GRHDH STUDP DAMID 
NDTEB FTOSI STAOO 142/4 TBHHL SSHNI UTINE AMOWO MAPGE BICTR 
SMNIE BAEDS EHLOE OOERT PETSO 11/4  ORPOA REFIO WEETE ELOOE 
NYEIV IALOD RSUOE TMTSP GWPSA WTECS TOGTE 22/4+ 

COLL 71/4 142/4 11/4 22/4+ + +  


Transcript of BAL027_04.08.1969

This 5-figure message has several garbles. It is missing page 2 apart from the nine first groups and also pages 3 to 7. In total the messages has 741 groups.



ZCZC BAL27/4/8  -  04 1809 

MOST IMMEDIATE

FOR H.E. FROM DR. COOKEY (NO.)
 
-0943 00251 42464 71033 98076 60390 16771 39144 53773 
34200 49916 37768 13609 72837 03233 94002 93855 63947 
4-811 14846 23307 32742 98974 45229 13364 31542 75274 
18013 54507 34497 62300 74639 25681 11653 11129 07912 
97882 8-305 89177 34--- ----- ----- 77477 -0697 29276 

PAGE 2/45 
35676 50799 38080 91201 84989 69958 18403 46093 32349 
 
PAGE 8/45 
57842 99530 50780 16194 31813 92671 87661 35950 73609 
01583 65002 25280 57163 41240 17792 48124 94305 41590 
23472 01103 41802 17644 13719 16904 59848 43502 97211 
52034 48008 24625 34411 46787 49799 59576 98054 47411 
41549 61391 00524 33558 52975 81278 94051 77982 14207 

PAGE 9/45 
96067 72263 94523 52406 47190 93415 09191 67573 10131 
78059 04468 61274 55001 78617 63544 40411 39079 87020 
49220 04970 11046 06233 29768 53768 40197 65122 86227 
55865 53340 35650 15589 45072 08709 29806 42269 87185 
13186 71457 94995 53619 09690 79844 44024 11698 41895 

PAGE 10/45 
41292 47029 34595 40339 43074 04757 00343 ----- --1363 
----- ----- 42145 64679 25146 41010 72717 ----- ------
71223 35155 80030 82370 70092 48729 20859 31830 01668 
98137 70955 22326 93831 88345 58850 11084 14301 60308 
67598 47673 92258 61582 41326 7964- 26388 50499 61868 

PAGE 11/45 
41346 10232 87206 98172 22535 87972 41806 15941 36170 
26588 65900 99062 91537 91287 68099 68675 95444 12405 
33474 81586 67031 86880 91309 81423 08486 03557 82467 
39475 43628 01392 76070 18677 28208 53708 98160 09299 
28433 57637 57577 74696 09387 60594 75878 44896 54831 

PAGE 12/45 
73633 83369 31996 59446 33366 65468 31754 49707 01808 
70539 47398 36128 59033 70974 36645 28743 57172 32324 
26046 10461 94474 94366 66516 15837 89640 60458 49961 
51041 03292 41173 71490 47939 05455 25995 95559 64003 
87498 15789 00809 10492 15819 38693 67914 59580 68485
 
PAGE 13/45 
67807 57443 00933 42424 53839 68505 23953 87108 31900 
39321 52779 83027 26494 27601 85561 50682 08204 70437 
89025 34656 10357 28423 40275    E E E 
89025 34656 10357 28423 40265 61209 83675 73408 31649 
41478 17873 61829 09032 78681 05072 71477 41549 69108 
89845 96762 47240 02498 23339 75382 29917 35878 97631
 
PAGE 14/18 
52283 79812 37723 89585 47162 46108 81990 66308 05866 
11095 38624 18056 38822 20636 81644 87447 46372 28752 

PAGE 15/54 
38402 49741 09370 29841 95988 42402 82793 25382 02590 
42482 63003 90893 68663 59557 89065 20720 06135 62013 
49357 85686 99773 92115 35372 43720 10948 40554 76425 
12620 47377 46762 70017 24100 19507 17399 04064 06591 
06045 59300 93939 57018 8618- 69314 45749 35335 92720 
16606 42647 45901 35226 85249 18285 86957 91573 82815 

PAGE 16/54 
88944 07767 86407 21920 55607 68559 17210 98488 81811 
60697 73068 94381 42932 97662 56807 17636 39532 27147 
01120 10499 89346 18976 85923 26220 14952 16355 33892 
35848 20263 73554 02111 11740 99161 19510 31757 20154 
42033 11787 39740 67768 98773 67974 67730 44273 57508 
33682 75305 57858 03218 35637 75944 16993 70233 39352 

PAGE 17/39 
93273 30906 51333 11833 93320 18356 77835 50941 19745 
91110 73458 04913 76585 24600 55204 86610 39055 67897 
24567 37019 83718 47162 89467 72450 33624 05379 78902 
70007 11202 83335 42499 42327 08057 66412 24877 56882 
63308 34490 00741 + + 

CORRECTION 
PAGE 3 LINE 5 GROUP 2 IS ==  76069 + + 

COLL  CKD CKD CKD+ 


Transcript of BAL028_04.08.1969

This is message is heavily garbled; especially are the heavy garbles in line 5 and 6 and also at the end of line 7. The garbled characters in figure shift have been converted to letters and tentatively inserted into the most logical places in the ciphertext. However, it is quite likely that some of these groups have errors and also that they are not exactly in their correct places. This transcript should therefore be used with great care.



128/4/8 BIS  -  04 1900

MOST IMMEDIATE

FOR UGWUMBA FROM ARTHUR REPEATED O AND NWANZE

UABOB TEANM LLTED EARRN FATIT OMNRR AARE- EIDTT
NCORE WAELE WTEIM ATAEY NRIAR ZMWAL EETEO DPSLI
SPMDO HPDAT OPSSN DGCUE OYNGM NTYOV UTLFR EINEE
OYEMO ERPHA AADOF RONAM LDATS LORER ORSSR POPLN
OZNOO 33/4  MBATU ETGYN RCPYA YA--- ----- YLSRI 
-RRIR -XONP NSRNF ESULA SWUEF CC--- ----- ----- 
-ZWOI ESNOI GSTHE NEETA NOLIB EUOTZ OSS-- ----- 
TSRGS PNTYE THYWE LRLEF NITMV PFCCA IWADE AALEN
HTCRO OPHNS 65/4

Note:
The garbled characters printed in figure shift from line 5 and 6. 
The extra letters Norwegian letters æ, ø and å are figure shifted 
versions of the letters G, H and F in that order.

 6)'48 
 YLSRI
 
4484 /9,0 ,'4,å 3'7)- '273å ::
RRIR XONP NSRNF ESULA SWUEF CC 


Transcript of BAL029_04.08.1969

The transcript has been made by combining the information from the PDF file BAL029_04.08.1969.pdf and the repeated copy of this message in PDF file BAL029_04.08.1969_Rpt_1.pdf.



ZCZC BAL29/4/8  BIS  -  04 1901

MOST IMMEDIATE

FOR O FROM CHIJI REPEATED UGWUMBA AND CC

ADLCL OEAHI FAIRT TNCBG CRRCM SLGOA COTLE STOOS ACAEE
IOTSA YAGAO AHSSY SRTYE RLEUE HECOA RPRGH HHHOR IEAAN
DESEH IEEEB IFALR EAWFS SOULT UASTI ESHEE ECOWR SMENE
EIRTO LEOEL FDETO RTEDH STMFW CUEAE TPOEC CERNL LHBLS
ERMFE EASMS DALAN RHIEV TANDW ITRTU DROSE ZRPEO IRTRP
OSNMT AAEOH EELRH WNPDN DMEND PMAVT TIAIR NEEMT HCNEL
ISEBV CLZOT SIEDS COWAE BSWLH EISTR NTADT ICTMH NEZEF
ERGFH ONOON BROTH TSIIR EATEA SRASE RODIL ODOET 71/4 
REELL TOBIN CTTED EVLSG CIORE HBGEE SAOHR ALRES RHNZN
NSEIF ALADA BMOEH MTOOR EYRSE CSHNG XICOT AMNOE HYOOE
THTTH TMAET TOEDU LOTAN IJCRE FFECR TAICE RCING TSKHF
ISRND UCPEE NTRTH LEHTO EETRE CSVMG HRTLA IRORD TELAS
OAYTC UBCAT IIHYB CTEOY TYAPL HUFAD EHURS RFUFS JLNDI
NHAWI MWTWI NHIAO HNENO SASOM SIDEC AOMNT UWTEM ERNEI
AICTI DIOAN OTACE EEAIW TCWPO RDEMI NBMBH RRLPE HEEOD
BMRDS EETTY TRHET SDIET CQIPU AEIEN NZUSO TWDLS 142/4

Note:
The 1st. group on the 6th. line, OSNTM, has been receives as TSNTM in the repeated copy. Which of the two that is correct is not known.

Transcript of BAL030_04.08.1969

There is a reception error at the end of the 5th. group in the 1st. line. It is therefore possible that the following group, the 6th. group UUFML, may have one or two wrong letters in the beginning.



ZCZC BAL30/4/8 BISCAIA - 04 1906

MOST IMMEDIATE
FOR UGWUMBA FROM CC

BAURI EOEDF IEDEB NIMEK UZURT UUFML TIAFE NZERD NTTBO
CNCFE NERNH ECTTO HSEAV WORTP EITEW HLEUY RDDRS NDALT
IELER AEMUF AEUYT IEUPW UFKSR NTHLA EFREI LOHED GODET
DTRHA LNPFK IOETN PPARN OEAGS 32/4  KLACO EZTVZ OADEE
BOTLT GOOII OAOTB LALCR MMVAN PDOSF VNEPV FSEAO TLTQM
EWMKI ASEDF ALRSR SPOCE CACTR TOUCK MANER RFEHE EUTDR
IEWHL FBEEN EEOUI OIUHI NOGCO ROREI PHTSP NRIDV ENERS
TTOTL 63/4


Transcript of BAL031_04.08.1969

The transcript below has been made by Richard Bean one of the contributors on Klaus Schmeh's Blog "Klausis Krypto Kolumne".
Note:
The 1st. group of the 10th. line reads RYMHIT, which means it has one letter too much. As the correct length is important in transposition ciphers the group has been shortened to RYMHI, however it could be that the correct group is YMHIT or any other group based on RYMHIT but with one of the letters removed.



ZCZC BAL31/4/8 BISCAIA - 04 1909

MOST IMMEDIATE
FOR UGWUMBA FROM CHIJI REPEATED HY

THDNR FRIFB REHTP CULCL VEOPH ITGNS OCNIS AOEEA THTFI
IMIIA ASKAE FTUES HIEGE OSNIO AYEHL OGLOL EMROA COUDS
AUDSF EHSTO WILAH SLLIN AADKN VLENN RMEYS STMVT NTAOD
MTSMH HSIHH INAES SERRB RTDFO OSELR ANIRN EDOES NEASE
EUARY EAELN NTTOD PUIAT SRATT TATNG ZRYPW VOCIG CDPES
SESSA ERRAS RWOAS MWESO RTRNW LPGMS SGOSI DPDIO EFEEE
OETLT BADOM SHDIO TDSEM SILPH PORAN LPVES 61/4  ALWNE
COPDH SAWAH PARNU IREPR WNOEN YAEVS EIYNC ANOEH TRGGM
OLGOR RCRIO TRTMS TGTOF OFUIS AXGMA AGCTT SYNSI RAONE
RYMHI NREOR HRILH PITLG SSOOA EFLMD XFYPS YDOLN EDEDA
TPIGD HOODA EENSS IAYAE RETEI SDRAH REMIR TVTAD CVISS
RJNOD RATVH CAGEO LGILA OIALS ATSSS RRECA SMONE IDHCP
CMMEA IANAA ARLEA SBYSH TESRK OENEE ORNLE HSCRL LIKES
EOTLI ICTEA ODERA EASES YTSSH TANGS 122/4 


Transcript of BAL032_04.08.1969

This 5-figure message has several garbles. The message consists of 151 groups.



ZCZE BAL32/4/8 BISCAIA - 04 1915
 
MOST IVMZDQVOOTKVCHX E. FROM ARTHUR 

32411 48923 05487 59310 71510 35340 08762 79755 80039 
72777 02806 34322 62602 38320 01026 57537 98292 39317 
05949 80539 84652 27970 77010 94354 34793 17950 93048 
13245 58529 62519 22374 57357 72977 15122 62074 71291 
28549 58387 50885 373-6 61626 43747 49771 49603 76442 
86677 75991 64704 94356 39718 24627 16293 91217 39577 
96584 05162 27623 88818 24960 55625 10527 25165 59924 
71878 71401 14918 00251 -2804 87148 89472 65520 21630
 
PAGE 2 
82442 24996 99764 53350 34502 91445 61626 22386 64171 
87834 56180 98300 48891 65659 64633 28579 049-- -----  
31778 14109 36176 95960 77445 01174 32873 06106 06579 
46063 83964 79534 44543 72177 95351 50310 76157 14303 
02275 25462 31372 01322 30417 08528 19307 22982 39613 
22799 00676 60532 54366 93451 50889 57726 25643 34941 
70400 18576 03007 79409 58329 99693 63834 05466 40953 
75692 16977 --432 84317 93689 46543 ----- ----- 18060 

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05707 19165 00487 47197 36201 92092 00151 


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