Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy
Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles.
As Montgomery and de Grey slowly made their way
through the message, they noticed more and more
oddities. For example, 97556 appeared near the end of
the message; the 90000 family indicated important
names that were not used very often in messages. We
can imagine their shock when they realized that 97556
stood for Zimmermann. That single name fired the men
with excitement as they began working on the message
from the beginning.
In time, some of the coded "words" began to give up
their secrets. They found most secret and For Your
Excellency's personal information. The men pushed on,
discovering Mexico and Japan in the text. What could
that mean? And what was Germany's interest in
Mexico? How did Japan figure into the plan? The men
could not think of a reason for the connection among
Which word best describes the tone of the passage?
Olighthearted
Ofrustrated
O suspenseful
Ofrightened
