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Hidden : 4/20/2011
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

M-209 Cipher Machine
used by the US Army during and after the
Second World War. The M-209, an American licensed
version of the Hagelin C-38, was a portable hand
operated cipher machine for tactical messages. It
had the size of a lunchbox and presented a brilliant
mechanical design, developed by the Swedish
cryptographer Boris Hagelin.


All Settings are given except the message start wheels.


A clue is given.


All you need can be googled.

WLNLD MLQAR OBKCV LAXZT LJWAU LHNFC EQIHU WTURC AGKNI TYHQN TEHVR MWYCM CGBQI ALFGF FVTXL GEPSC CXEYE XNQLS OZVLV OLCWZ CONII LRCLH TUGWL ZILCE YOJGM XQHJC

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

xarr urvtug R-J

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)