State Department cipher machines and communications security in the early Cold War, 1944–1965

IF 0.8 3区社会学 Q1 HISTORY

Intelligence and National Security Pub Date : 2023-10-17 DOI:10.1080/02684527.2023.2269512

David Easter

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Abstract

From 1944 the State Department attempted to improve its communications security by creating a Division of Cryptography and mechanising the encryption process. This article assesses the effectiveness of these reforms and shows that State’s new cipher equipment had cryptographic vulnerabilities. Moreover, the department was unable to maintain physical security at the Moscow embassy and through espionage and technical surveillance the KGB broke the ciphers and read American communications. The paper concludes by analysing the impact of this security failure, including the claim that intercepted messages influenced Stalin’s decision to approve the North Korean invasion of South Korea in 1950.

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冷战初期，1944-1965年，国务院密码机和通信安全

从1944年开始，美国国务院试图通过创建一个加密部门和机械化加密过程来提高其通信安全性。本文评估了这些改革的有效性，并表明国家的新密码设备存在密码漏洞。此外，该部门无法维持莫斯科大使馆的人身安全，克格勃通过间谍活动和技术监视破译了密码，读取了美国人的通信。论文最后分析了这一安全失误的影响，包括声称截获的信息影响了斯大林在1950年批准朝鲜入侵韩国的决定。

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