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Cipher Bureau (Black Chamber)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Cipher_Bureau_(Black_Chamber)
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Black_Chamber
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved
1929
gptkbp:established
1919
gptkbp:field
cryptography
signals intelligence
gptkbp:fundedBy
gptkb:U.S._State_Department
gptkb:U.S._War_Department
gptkbp:headquartersLocation
gptkb:New_York_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Cipher Bureau (Black Chamber)
gptkbp:notableAchievement
broke Japanese diplomatic codes
gptkbp:notableDirector
gptkb:Herbert_O._Yardley
gptkbp:notableEmployee
gptkb:Genevieve_Grotjan_Feinstein
gptkb:Herbert_O._Yardley
gptkbp:notablePublication
gptkb:The_American_Black_Chamber
gptkbp:operatedBy
gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkb:U.S._State_Department
gptkbp:predecessor
MI-8
gptkbp:purpose
crypt
codebreaking
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Signal_Intelligence_Service
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Signal_Corps'_Code_and_Cipher_Section
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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