Cipher Challenge
Thomson's Albanian Telegram
This 736-group telegram was intercepted during the 1914 international mission in Albania associated with Dutch general Lodewijk Thomson. Its surviving transmission contains genuine damaged and erroneous groups rather than a cleaned reconstruction. HistoCrypt study, CC BY 4.0
Source & status
- Origin
- Historical cipher
- Solution
- Established
Ciphertext
58 56 49 65 53 33 49 29 63 49 58 69 44 55 63 39 29 63 54 62 29 37 41 51 63 28 58 69 37 82 28 63 58 69 48 62 28 55 37 28 54 69 51 65 56 61 39 37 62 28 32 47 38 49 56 28 55 37 28 61 55 28 65 55 63 28 54 45 33 63 48 58 45 56 38 62 42 56 38 28 38 69 28 65 62 44 59 37 62 49 28 53 69 55 51 28 54 47 28 48 69 28 38 47 41 56 48 28 46 47 45 63 28 45 56 28 48 37 54 28 48 69 28 46 44 69 47 47 56 28 46 44 47 46 67 32 56 51 63 39 28 39 47 49 69 28 65 47 28 39 62 55 63 48 56 28 48 62 28 43 63 32 56 54 28 42 63 28 65 47 38 36 56 51 28 48 62 28 58 33 38 63 28 54 62 39 33 39 63 28 39 44 69 39 57 38 47 44 36 63 28 56 38 69 41 62 28 45 63 36 63 44 56 55 69 28 42 69 28 39 62 28 51 37 48 62 63 38 28 65 47 28 37 62 28 54 37 38 65 44 62 41 38 47 57 63 38 28 65 63 44 56 28 48 62 28 61 37 48 65 28 39 32 28 55 63 39 62 42 28 51 62 37 41 38 37 52 69 28 46 69 41 62 22 56 62 49 28 56 65 56 61 38 47 36 69 61 55 69 53 62 38 28 39 60 58 56 38 62 28 51 63 28 64 68 49 65 28 68 63 42 62 48 28 51 63 28 36 65 63 54 28 63 68 69 61 55 69 28 48 56 28 39 44 69 38 39 56 62 28 42 51 28 46 47 28 38 68 38 62 28 65 28 63 36 37 51 54 69 38 61 53 69 50 37 43 56 39 28 39 62 28 39 33 44 45 56 44 62 42 28 54 62 38 37 28 54 69 28 44 69 48 65 62 42 56 62 28 38 62 28 51 58 64 63 28 63 51 37 119 65 63 39 45 56 64 63 28 63 51 37 49 65 63 39 45 45 56 28 41 39 97 47 68 39 28 43 63 32 46 59 37 41 37 51 28 38 69 32 22 69 28 46 47 28 51 57 48 65 63 51 28 55 69 51 28 39 37 28 55 37 28 44 37 41 65 43 62 40 39 37 62 28 64 63 28 65 46 42 69 28 54 62 41 56 52 47 48 64 42 36 63 28 45 56 28 66 37 62 48 46 47 46 37 42 56 28 65 55 63 28 51 63 28 61 55 69 53 62 28 39 62 28 46 69 44 69 28 55 37 28 64 56 48 56 49 28 46 62 44 58 63 58 63 28 39 37 62 28 38 69 49 62 28 42 62 28 65 47 39 63 28 36 56 56 51 63 28 36 37 62 28 61 53 69 51 27 44 56 49 28 63 39 33 44 45 56 62 42 28 55 33 89 53 37 39 63 39 39 48 46 28 47 44 62 28 63 51 69 28 46 69 44 39 28 39 63 28 65 52 44 57 47 48 56 28 61 46 42 69 28 45 39 49 64 69 28 48 63 44 62 32 28 48 63 44 63 35 38 61 37 45 56 41 62 42 98 68 56 68 47 65 28 46 69 41 69 42 28 39 62 28 54 63 51 63 39 44 59 43 55 47 33 69 28 41 63 28 36 63 57 39 63 28 46 37 48 62 39 19 55 69 59 62 28 48 47 51 21 53 56 59 62 41 35 25