SECRET RAILWAY CAR
Mr. Roosevelt Helped To Run War From It EQUIPMENT INSPECTED Rec. 10.30. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. The world's most secret railway car—Mr. Roosevelt ran a large part of the United States' share of the war through its equipment—gave up its secrets when reporters inspected Car No. 1401, which is now used by President Truman. The President from the carriage while it is in motion can:— (1) Telephone any house or radio telephone-equipped vehicle in the United States. ■ (2) Carry on a radio teletype conversation in virtually unbreakable code throughout the world at 100 words a minute. (3) Send or receive a message to or from ships at sea. (4) Send or receive telegraph code messages. . -. The newest communications device is the radio teletype operator. It punches out the message on an ordinary keyboard similar to that of a typewriter. The message .progresses through a transmitter into a scrambler, which puts it into a code difficult to translate because of its lack of uniformity. The resulting jargon enters a descrambler at the point of receipt, passes into the receiver and appears in readable form on the teletype receiver.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 250, 22 October 1945, Page 5
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