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From the September 1978 article "NONSECRET ENCRYPTION (Public Key Cryptosystems)":

"We in the intelligence community have become accustomed to holding a monopoly on useful advanced cryptologic knowledge, so it is with surprise and apprehension that we have witnessed in recent years an increasing interest in cryptology on the part of American academicians."




I'd be interested to know if GCHQ let NSA know about Clifford Cocks' work on PKI. (Since he effectively invented a system in 1973)




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