# WWII Homing Pigeon Found

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 3, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-homing-pigeon-found/639765 "2012-11-03T15:35:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-homing-pigeon-found/639765/81 "2012-12-17T23:33:03Z")

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Well, I guess the code isn’t broken. At least by the GCHQ’s criteria. 😉 Catch 22 at it’s best. No original code book means no verified translation.

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> Despite Young’s translation, the GCHQ still maintains that without the original codebooks the note is indecipherable.
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> “We stand by our press notice of 22 November 2012 in that without access to the relevant codebooks and details of any additional encryption used, the message will remain impossible to decrypt,” a spokesman for the GCHQ told NBC News in an emailed statement. “Similarly it is also impossible to verify any proposed solutions, but those put forward without reference to the original cryptographic material are unlikely to be correct.”

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