Was it a message originating from the Trinidad/Tobago visitor?

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As every “One Time Pad” needs both a pad and a key, the pads in the Somerton Man saga are the Kensitas #7 Carnation Collectors’ Card for the first and second lines, and the Army Club packet for the third and fourth line. The key was the existence of 7 Kensitas cigarettes.

The Kensitas Flowers Collector cards were distributed within the Kensitas cigarette packets of the time.

Even though it uses “One Time Pad” principles, the Army Club Code System was re-used many times around mid to late 1945 – early 1946 then abandoned once it started to attract interest after showing up in several crimes including the elimination of Saul “George” Marshall in Sydney, thereby “outing” General George Catlett Marshall US who was in command of the secret supply of materials and equipment to the Pacific Atomic activity.

And appearing in copies of the Whitcombe and Tombs (NZ) Ltd “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,” the code had similarities in the passing of the Somerton Man in December 1948 and Jennie (Joan, Johanna) (Friedman, Freeman) Laidlaw in Westminster, London in May 1953. Were there others?

THE SOMERTON MAN CODE: –

For an understanding of the functionality of the “One Time Pad” system, which was used for message transfer during the “D Day Invasion of Normandy” to free France from German occupation, search for “The Pigeon Code”.

To the CODE (above) and an EXPLANATION: –

The top 2 lines are in Nigerian Pidgin/Slang language:-

First Line: –

PO in Nigerian Pidgin = Person/People, so in this case Po = people.

A “CUNUNN” person or persons (often spelled “cununn,” “cunny” or “cunun” in slang) is someone who is extremely cunning but in a very sneaky, manipulative, and underhanded way. It’s a stronger, more negative version of just being clever or smart.

In slang terms, especially in Nigerian Pidgin or general black slang, “cununn” means:-

• Ruthlessly clever,
• Calculating and devious,
• Someone who plays mind games and always has hidden motives, or
• Will outsmart you in a cold, almost evil or dangerous way for their own gain or position.

Second Line: –

R = as in Are/Has

“RADA DON” ≈ “matter has escalated / something serious has happened”

Think:

• “It’s gone too far now” or “r it gone too far now”
• “The thing don serious” or “r thing don serious”
• “Trouble don land‘ or “r trouble don land”
• or = Things have blown up / it’s serious now

Why it sounds like that:

• rada / radda comes from “rather” (as in “it’s now rather bad”),

• don = classic Pidgin marker meaning already / completed / done,

i.e. street slang influenced by Yoruba / urban Lagos talk, where rhythm and emphasis matter more than literal grammar.

Examples:-

As dem start fight, rada don = Once the fight started, all hell broke loose.

You mean dem sack am? Rada don o! = You mean he got fired? That’s serious!

(Very informal. Very street. Very Nigerian.)

Therefore ………… “Someone we trusted has outed us and it’s over”!

T = Transmit

P = Priority

X = Change from #7 Carnation Card to Army Club Cigarette Packet required

Third Line: –

Standard US Army protocol = EllaT and sent via 3 x locations

Fourth Line: –

Standard US Army protocol = MrElmerS and no reply required

_{(A full breakdown was previously published but will be updated and is to follow)}

Then, enter PROJECT VENONA and ……………………..

…………… the rest, as they say, is history!

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