Gustave BertrandOctober 1931
Receives German Enigma documents obtained through French intelligence and makes them available to allied cryptanalytic partners.
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Receives German Enigma documents obtained through French intelligence and makes them available to allied cryptanalytic partners.
Acts as the French intelligence contact for Hans-Thilo Schmidt, whose documents become crucial to early attacks on military Enigma.
Takes part in the January Paris discussions linking French, Polish and British Enigma work.
Helps coordinate the Pyry exchange in which Poland shares its Enigma breakthrough with France and Britain.
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