My Top-Secret Codebreaking During World War II: The Last British Survivor of Bletchley Park's Testery, Captain Jerry Roberts (fwd)

Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend - but maybe some
members may wish to :


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Subject: My Top-Secret Codebreaking During World War II: The Last British
    Survivor of Bletchley Park's Testery, Captain Jerry Roberts

Wednesday 11th March 2009

My Top-Secret Codebreaking During World War II: The Last British Survivor
of Bletchley Park's Testery, Captain Jerry Roberts (UCL German 1939-41)

I am delighted to invite you to a special talk by Captain Jerry Roberts,
UCL alumnus and major historical figure. Captain Roberts has kindly agreed
to speak to the wider UCL community about his experiences in and
immediately after the Second World War.

Following the completion of his German degree at UCL, Captain Roberts
became a founding member of the 'Testery' at Bletchley Park and a senior
member of the élite team assigned to the regular breaking of messages
enciphered on the Lorenz SZ40/42 machines, new 12-wheel machines designed
especially to encrypt communications between German Army H.Q. in Berlin
and the top generals in the field on all fronts, including a number signed
by Hitler himself. Nicknamed 'Tunny', it was a much more complex machine
than the better-known, and normally 3-wheeled, Enigma. Captain Roberts has
declined many other invitations to speak publicly and so we are delighted
that he has agreed to tell his story at UCL.

The talk will take place in Lecture Theatre 1, Cruciform Building, Gower
Street, UCL. Registration will be from 6pm; the talk will commence at
6.30pm and will be followed by a reception.

I would be delighted if you are able to attend the talk and reception and
I look forward very much to seeing you there.  Please RSVP as soon as
possible to Tamara Christmas at [email protected]

RSVP essential and bookings on a first come, first-served basis.

Kind Regards

Tamara Christmas
Events Administrator
UCL Development and Corporate Communications Office, University College London
Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
Tel:   +44 (0)20 7679 9371  (internal: 09371)
Fax:   +44 (0)20 7209 0117
Web: www.ucl.ac.uk/development