M-125 Sovjet successor of the ENIGMA (Fialka)

ragnar otterstad <[email protected]> Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:59:04 +0200

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--- John Alexander <jalex_uk-1uslQqWFlHF+cjeuK/[email protected]> skrev:

> As yet I have no detailed history of the Fialka.  My
> guess is that it 
> was once a VERY high level system that was
> eventually downgraded for  lesser comms purposes. 
The date on my (copy) manual is '1978'.




Mine is also dated 1978, except that the frontcover
has
a  3Feb 1979 stamp + a serial and a warning in German
that it is " secret ".



Rag