雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第6章:連接兩個世界(11)
The somewhat disgruntled minutes6 of the meeting of the Chiefs of Staff Committee of the War Cabinet, on 15 February 1943, explained the position:
THE COMMITTEE had before them a Memorandum by the British Joint Communications Board on a proposal for the installation by the Americans of a highly secret apparatus for telephone communication between the United States and London.
英國合作交流委員會向本委員會提交了一份備忘錄，提議由美國部署一套高度保密的設備，用於英美之間的電話通信。THE COMMITTEE were informed that Major Millar, a US officer specially sent over for the purpose of installing the apparatus, had now arrived.
委員會被告知，負責設備部署的美國官員米勒少校現在已經抵達。
His instructions were to place it in some building where it would be exclusively under American control, though it could be used by high officials in the British Government.
他打算將機器部署在由美國嚴格控制的建築中，英國政府的高層官員可以使用。There were only two other sets, one of which was being installed in the White House, and one in the War Department in Washington.
該設備除此之外只有兩套，一套安裝在白宮，另一套在五角大樓。No more sets could be produced for eight or nine months.
八九個月之內無法部署更多。The following were the main points in the discussion:
以下是討論的要點：a) Security. It was noted that the only Englishman who had yet been able to examine the apparatus was Dr Turing of the Government Code and Cypher School.
1、安全性。會議指出，目前只有政密學校的圖靈博士對該設備進行過考察。In view of the fact that conversations relating to British operations would undoubtedly take place over the secret telephone,
鑑於該加密系統傳輸的信息將涉及英國的軍事行動，we had a legitimate interest in finding out whether the new apparatus could really be considered one hundred per cent secure.
因此我們合理地希望考察這種新型設備是否真的可靠。It was thought that this could best be cleared up by the Joint Staff Mission in Washington, where ample technical talent was available.
我們認爲，此項工作最好由合作人員代表團來負責，他們擁有大量的技術人才。
