The intelligence produced at Bluttsley Park was an integral part of their campaign, or what

Eisenhower called a crusade against tyranny.

It represents Eisenhower's recognition of the joint effort

of American and British cryptologists in providing the information that resulted in wise

decisions that were used to defeat Nazi leaders in battle. This letter represents a turning point. Before World War II,

no American officer had education or experience in intelligence, none that reached senior level

anyway. Eisenhower had to be taught how to use intelligence, had to be taught, in fact, what it was.

His intelligence officer, a British be taught, in fact, what it was. His intelligence officer,

a British general, Major General Strong, taught him well on how to use intelligence in his

decision-making process. This is Eisenhower's acknowledgement of what he had learned because of

the work that was done at Bletchley Park. But the letter also has a second significance.

Within five years after it had been written,

Eisenhower was appointed the first commanding general of NATO.

Within two years after that, he was elected President of the United States.

In both positions, he was an astute usurb intelligence in his decision-making,

and he was so knowledgeable he could make improvements to the way intelligence was done.

It all traces back to the time that this letter is talking about.

Written in July 1945, it talks about the period from

1940 to 1945, but its significance resonates down to today. I can't prove that no staffer

touched the wording, but Eisenhower himself was a good writer and he was sincere in what he

would write as official documents. They were not just standardized forms to him. So I think there's

a good chance that most, if not all, of this letter was Eisenhower's words himself. I believe it

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