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Code Poem for the French Resistance

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idlab | 14:16 Sat 02nd Nov 2002 | Arts & Literature
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This is the title of a poem by Leo Marks, which starts 'The life that I have is all that I have, / And the life that I have is yours.' But does it really contain a hidden message? If so, what does it say and how is it coded?
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It is not that type of code and it was not written a serious piece of poetry. When sending some coded messages the code is decoded by using a reference point ie a book, poem etc. Leo Marks wrote the poem so that it could be used in this way and the agent who used it was Violette Szabo. Take a look at http://www.angelfire.com/va/violetteszabo/ Leo Marks was a codebreaker who saved agents lives by improving the security of wartime cyphers. A good place to read about him and his work is http://www.angelfire.com/va/violetteszabo/
14:56 Sat 02nd Nov 2002
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Sorry the site for Leo Marks is http://www.mishalov.com/Marks.html
14:59 Sat 02nd Nov 2002
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Further to WendyW's reply, I thoroughy recommend Leo Mark's own book, "Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945" Its in paperback now and is a tremendous read. Straight from school to Bletchley Park, after the war a filmmaker.
18:26 Sat 02nd Nov 2002

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