In the history of cryptography, 97-shiki ōbun inji-ki (九七式欧文印字機) ("System 97 Printing Machine for European Characters") or Angōki Taipu-B (暗号機 タイプB) ("Type B Cipher Machine"), codenamed Purple by the United States, was a diplomatic cryptographic machine used by the Japanese Foreign Office just before and during World War II.
The codename "Purple" referred to binders used by US cryptanalysts for material produced by various systems:
For those interested in these historical Crypto machines, I do have five caches using them. In order of easy to more difficult; "Hagelin" BC-52 Cipher Machine, "Hagelin" M-209 Field Encryption Machine, "ADONIS & POLLUX" TSEC/KL-7 Crypto Machine, "Purple" aka 97-shiki ōbun inji-ki, and Belle Isle Marsh Enigma
Cipher Text:
UXRY OAPD RAXU CBHF DJPL WEST RGLM HGTW KESB YEZV SEFK EDTG GRDK RHAE GDHO HIFQ JFGM ZOBF ARIG LIHD BBPE BFAA YIFF XBBW TFGJ ZGHD OCDG GRKP FLMN SIIG REKZ HIMA KIRN TEUG QDTW LMXZ NAIK BRVI UMBV JFCZ KIVR WZCA ZTDY ZVOK XS
Some Potentially Useful Information:
Sixes: 14
Twenties: 04 17 05
Motion: 213
Alphabet ???
Feel free to send me E-mails with questions concerning this cache.
For additional reading on "Purple" and how it was eventually "cracked", check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Friedman
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.
