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Sylvia Gellman 
Sylvia Gellman
Ottawa, Canada
Now 103, Sylvia Gellman is honoured for her work with the Examination Unit, Canada's first cryptographic bureau. Her duties included typing out decoded Japanese messages before they were rushed to what was then called the Department of External Affairs. Intelligence was also shared with the British government's Bletchley Park, a centre of Allied code-breaking where names like Alan Turing walked the halls.
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"When they left, they all got a memo saying, 'Just because war is over and you're no longer working here, you're not allowed to talk about this for the rest of your life.'" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/examination-unit-ottawa-1.6543915?fbclid=IwAR1ZPzCbVmlAd1jwhDlBeFHPAFjYO4umWTXtXhZFqayJIKti5h5TZp9vNbs
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Ottawa, Canada
Now 103, Sylvia Gellman is honoured for her work with the Examination Unit, Canada's first cryptographic bureau. Her duties included typing out decoded Japanese messages before they were rushed to what was then called the Department of External Affairs. Intelligence was also shared with the British government's Bletchley Park, a centre of Allied code-breaking where names like Alan Turing walked the halls.
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"When they left, they all got a memo saying, 'Just because war is over and you're no longer working here, you're not allowed to talk about this for the rest of your life.'" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/examination-unit-ottawa-1.6543915?fbclid=IwAR1ZPzCbVmlAd1jwhDlBeFHPAFjYO4umWTXtXhZFqayJIKti5h5TZp9vNbs
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CREATED BY: Jo Leath ⊙3
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◄ Jo Leath ⊙3
[P7.2022.32] 08/08/2022
Certainly a story that defines the nature of discretion and necessary secrecy.
[P7.2022.32] 08/08/2022
Certainly a story that defines the nature of discretion and necessary secrecy.