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Egyptologists, skilled in piecing together the papyri of lost civilisations, suddenly discovered that the same talent could be applied to working out the pattern of German radio traffic.

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Robert Harris
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: March 7
Journalist
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Kidderminster
Worcestershire
Robert Dennis Harris
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