Part III: Hints and Answers to the Cryptos and Codes
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Puzzle 46: This is a closely guarded secret within the inner
circle of General Sir Henry Clinton, a group that my agents
cannot penetrate.
Puzzle 47: Oh, yes, I know of the plans that you had to deliver
Kentucky to Spain. I know a great many things that are not
widely known, including your secret renunciation of American
citizenship, the oath of allegiance that you made to the Spanish
throne, and the annual pension that you receive from Madrid.
Puzzle 48: With the conviction of Vallandigham this week for
“uttering disloyal sentiments”, we need to change tactics and
strategize for the larger picture.
Puzzle 49: I am discovered, and that Wilkinson is set to testify
against me. None of the rest of you are known, and so it shall
remain.
Puzzle 50: . . . Bickley must think that the establishment of the
Knights of the Golden Circle is his own brainchild.
Puzzle 51: Mr. Halligan has been serving as a double agent
for the Soviet Union for many years, in which position he has
compromised many delicate diplomatic negotiations.
Puzzle 52: I know that retasking intelligence satellites over
American soil is a sensitive issue. I suggest that you retask the
satellites in such a way that they have to fly over American
territory to other locations; the scans can then be performed
in passing, as it were.
Puzzle 53: . . . they discovered the new evidence that I planted
in Halligan’s home and office, as they had discovered what I
planted earlier in the month.
Puzzle 54: The call you picked up this afternoon, when some-
one asked for a nonexistent office, was placed by one of my
associates; the record of that call will substantiate your story
about an anonymous telephone tip.
Puzzle 55: It takes your enemy and your friend, working
together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and
the other to get the news to you. Mark Twain