Leo Marks - Work in Cryptography

Work in Cryptography

In January 1942 I was escorted to the war by my parents in case I couldn't find it or met with an accident on the way.

So begins his book, Between Silk and Cyanide, about his work in cryptography. Marks joined the armed services and went to Bedford to train as a cryptographer.

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