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Gentlemen do not read each others mail.   Stimson, Henry Lewis

Source: HENRY L. STIMSON. As secretary of state under Herbert Hoover, Stimson closed the Department of States code-breaking office, the so-called Black Chamber, in 1929. He later justified his action with this remark.Stimson and McGeorge Bundy, On Active Service in Peace and War, p. 188 . Also see David Kahn, The Codebreakers, p. 360 . · This quote is about uncategorised · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.


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Henry Lewis Stimson (September 21, 1867 October 20, 1950) was an American statesman, who served as Secretary of War, Governor-General of the Philippines, and Secretary of State at various times.

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