Stripp, Alan

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STRIPP, Alan

STRIPP, Alan. British, b. 1924. Genres: Military/Defense/Arms control. Career: Codebreaker, Japanese ciphers, Bedford & Bletchley Park, 1943-44, and Delhi, 1944-45, Persian & Afghan codes, Abbottabad, 1945-46, Russian codes, Singapore, 1946; British Council, London, England, education officer in Portugal, 1948-50, lecturer in Indonesia, 1950-54; Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, lecturer, 1954-98, director of courses in intelligence, 1983-98. Publications: Codebreaker in the Far East, 1989; (ed. with Sir H. Hinsley) Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park, 1993; The Code Snatch, 2001. Address: The Old Green, Green Lane, Linton, Cambridge CB1 6JZ, England.