Short wave radio transmitting information world wide to agents. If i'm transmitting to mye agenti somewherei the soviet union or somewhere in east germany, what i would then do is transmit the information in code. So after a start up piece of music, which actually tells the agent that we're on the air, and will then send out a set of numbers which said, this message is for agent. Whenever agent number isis receiving thisthat's followed by coded messages in numbers. These numbers would then be a translated by the agent using a one time pad, which is an inscription method. And they would get a message. The message might be short and say,
The BBC is bringing back shortwave radio broadcasts to counter censorship and disinformation in Russia and Ukraine. Professor D.W. Stupples explains.
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