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and Japanese diplomatic codes, which initiated close cooperation with Washington and London. Although he did not speak or read Japanese, he helped break the Japanese encryption, which was very complex, since it used variations of
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in 1897. His playing was of a certain standard, but not up to concert performance, so he returned to England and joined the
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Dora Carrington, Ralph Partridge, Lytton and Oliver Strachey, and Frances Partridge; snapshot by
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In December 1941, Strachey went to Ottawa, Canada, where he was chief cryptographer in the
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His first marriage, in 1900, to Ruby Julia Mayer produced one daughter,
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and historical research. He co-authored with his wife Ray a work on
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Strachey brought with him from England, keys to high-level French
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In World War I, he was in British Military (Army) Intelligence,
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1893). His parents sent him on a tour around the world with
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His recreations were music and reading. He was appointed a
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network involved with turned German agents (part of the
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While at the Foreign Office, he engaged in work on the
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and Lady Strachey. Oliver is the fifth from the left.
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Sir Richard Strachey
CBE
civil servant
Foreign Office
cryptographer
World War I
World War II
Richard Strachey
colonial administrator
Jane Maria Strachey
suffragist
Lytton Strachey
Dorothy Bussy
Standard Edition
James Strachey
Eton College
Balliol College, Oxford
Hilary
Robert Bridges
Theodor Leschetizky
Johannes Brahms
Foreign Office
Julia Strachey
Ray Costelloe
Barbara Strachey
Christopher Strachey
East Indian Railway
Bombay
MI1

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