From: Neil Smith Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:20:34 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Done challenge 7 X-Git-Url: https://git.njae.me.uk/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4bf9ca8a1ed10576312b16948cf25db7767ad0c0;p=cipher-tools.git Done challenge 7 --- diff --git a/2018/2018-challenge7.ipynb b/2018/2018-challenge7.ipynb new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8240773 --- /dev/null +++ b/2018/2018-challenge7.ipynb @@ -0,0 +1,558 @@ +{ + "cells": [ + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 1, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [], + "source": [ + "import os,sys,inspect\n", + "currentdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))\n", + "parentdir = os.path.dirname(currentdir)\n", + "sys.path.insert(0,parentdir) " + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 2, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [], + "source": [ + "from cipher.caesar import *\n", + "from cipher.affine import *\n", + "from cipher.keyword_cipher import *\n", + "from cipher.vigenere import *\n", + "from cipher.playfair import *\n", + "from cipher.column_transposition import *\n", + "from support.text_prettify import *\n", + "from support.plot_frequency_histogram import *" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 4, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [], + "source": [ + "ca = open('7a.ciphertext').read()\n", + "cb = open('7b.ciphertext').read()\n", + "sca = sanitise(ca)\n", + "scb = sanitise(cb)" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 5, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [ + { + "data": { + "text/plain": [ + "8197" + ] + }, + "execution_count": 5, + "metadata": {}, + "output_type": "execute_result" + } + ], + "source": [ + "history_words = [w.strip() for w in open('history-words.txt')]\n", + "len(history_words)" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 7, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [ + { + "data": { + "text/plain": [ + "('damager', , -2752.7089249862242)" + ] + }, + "execution_count": 7, + "metadata": {}, + "output_type": "execute_result" + } + ], + "source": [ + "(key_a, wrap_a), score_a = keyword_break_mp(sca)\n", + "key_a, wrap_a, score_a" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 8, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [ + { + "name": "stdout", + "output_type": "stream", + "text": [ + "ex awt ly chat or cho had hit meic as nt sure but by the time iwa me around they had long gone if\n", + "you cille xw use the p unit casa professional hit just the right amount of for we to know k me out\n", + "probably no permanent damage the room had been expertly disassembled the shelves cere emptied of bla\n", + "wks mission files and mu who f the steam punkte wh nology had been taken apart presumably to make\n", + "sure it didnt wont a in any further sew rets the big beautiful roundtable had been wl eared and ile\n", + "anton it to steady myself as my heads cami guessed that cho ever had follo ced me into the tunnels\n", + "and on into the headquarters must have knoc n chat icas looking for it cas too mu who faw o in widen\n", + "we that they had found me here probably they cere won new ted c it h the emails that first got me\n", + "interested in b law k but in a won fused state after my b law k out icas puzzled chy had they\n", + "involved me perhaps they just didnt kno choc to find the shado car w hive and hoped i could be able\n", + "to help perhaps they canted to impl iwate me in the theft of the shado car w hive papers in that was\n", + "e they should have hit me hard eric as nt going to hang around long enough to get waugh t something\n", + "ca snagging at men one of the papers i had seen looked interesting enough to justify all this effort\n", + "i turned my head wa uti ously trying to ignore the throbbing behind m year and looked around the\n", + "room one more time to see chat cecere missing as i did so my foot waugh to n something and i bent\n", + "doc n top iwk it up chen they hit me i had been sitting reading bla wks wod ebook it cas full of\n", + "marvellous if dated ideas on wry p tography and information sew urity and i had just been reading\n", + "these w tion on transposition wip her sit seemed he caspar tiw ularly keen on w olum nar\n", + "transpositions and cas arguing that it could be best to read off the wip her text wol umn by wol umn\n", + "to won fuse enemy wry pt analysts icas musing on just hoc sew ure that could be chen the c orld cent\n", + "dark lu wk ilyas i had fallen i had dropped the book and it had slipped under the table some hoc\n", + "they had missed it during these a rw hand there it cas hidden in the shado csi took a deep breath to\n", + "sloc the spinning behind my eyes and pi wk ed the book up but as i pulled myself upright again the\n", + "tabletop shifted slightly to one side i struggled to regain my balan we and the table moved again\n", + "and this time i heard a distin wtw liw kasi shifted my c eight the table rotated b awk and there it\n", + "cason we more a soft metalli ww link as a rat whet tooth engaged i stood up grabbed at the table and\n", + "pulled si decays it turned again wli w king several times as it did so it casa noise ik nec very\n", + "cell the tumblers on a safe made the same sound though muw hmu wh quieter\n" + ] + } + ], + "source": [ + "print(lcat(tpack(segment(sanitise(keyword_decipher(sca, key_a, wrap_a))))))" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 9, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [ + { + "data": { + "text/plain": [ + "('gardens', , -2770.1674703296317)" + ] + }, + "execution_count": 9, + "metadata": {}, + "output_type": "execute_result" + } + ], + "source": [ + "(key_a, wrap_a), score_a = keyword_break_mp(sca, wordlist=history_words)\n", + "key_a, wrap_a, score_a" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 10, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [ + { + "name": "stdout", + "output_type": "stream", + "text": [ + "exdftlywhdtorwhohdah it me i wds nt sure but by the time if d med roun a they hd along gone ic you\n", + "will ex fuse the p unit wds d procession dl hit just the right d mount oc corfe to kn of k me out\n", + "prob dbly no per md nent admd get he room hda been expertly a is ds semble a the shelves were emptie\n", + "ao cbldf ks mission ci les dna muf hoc the st edm punkte fh nology hda been tdk end pdr t pre sum\n", + "dbly to md ke sure it a i ant font d in d nyc urther se frets the big bed uti cul roun at dble hda\n", + "been fled read nailed nt on it to ste day mysel cds my he das wdm i guess eat hdt whoever hda collo\n", + "we a me into the tunnels dna on into the he daq udr ters must hdv e known wh dti wds looking cor it\n", + "wds to omufhocdfoinfiaenfet hdt they hda cou name here prob dbly they were f on nef tea with the emd\n", + "il sth dtc irst got me interest ea in bld fk but in df on c us east dte dc term y bld fk out i wds\n", + "puzzle a why hda they involve a me per hd ps they just a i ant know how to cina the shd a owd rf hiv\n", + "edna hope a i woul a be dble to help per hd ps they wdn tea to impl if dte me in the the c to c the\n", + "shdaowdrfhivepd pers in thd tfd se they shoul ahdvehitmehdraeriwds nt going to hdn gd roun along\n", + "enough to get fdu ght something wds nd gg in gdt men one oc the pd persi hda seen look ea\n", + "interesting enough to just icy dll this ec corti turn ea my he daf dut i ously trying to ignore the\n", + "throbbing be hina my ed rdna look ead roun a the room one more time to see w hdt we were missing\n", + "dsiaiasomycootfdught on something dna i bent a own top if kit up when they hit me i hda been sitting\n", + "red a in gb ldf ksfo a ebook it wd scull ocm drv ello us i cad tea i a edson fry p to grd phy dna\n", + "inc or md tions ef urity dna i hda just been red a ing these f tion on tr dns position fip her sit\n", + "see me a he wds pdr tiful drlykeenonfolumndrtr dns positions dna wds drg uing thd tit woul a be best\n", + "to red a occ the fip her text fol umn by fol um nt of on c use enemy fryptdndlystsiwdsm using on\n", + "just howse furet hd two ula be when the worl a went ad rklufkilydsihdacdlle nih daar op pea the book\n", + "dna it hd as lippe a una er the t dble somehow they hd am is sea it au ring these dr fh dna there it\n", + "wd shia a en in the sh dao wsi took da eep bred th to slow the spinning be hina my eyes dna p if kea\n", + "the book up but dsi pull ea mysel cup right dgd in the t dble tops hic tea slightly to ones iaei\n", + "struggle a to regd in my bdl dnf edna the t dble move a dgd in dna this time i he dr ada ist in ft\n", + "fl if kds is hic team y weight the tdblerotdteabdfkdna there it wds on fe more ds oct met dll iff\n", + "link ds dr dtf het too the ng dge a is too a upgr db be adt the tdb ledna pull e asia ew dys it turn\n", + "ead gdi nfl if kings ever dl times ds it aia so it wds d noise i knew very well the tumblers on dsd\n", + "cem dae the sd me so una though mu fhm ufh quieter\n" + ] + } + ], + "source": [ + "print(lcat(tpack(segment(sanitise(keyword_decipher(sca, key_a, wrap_a))))))" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 12, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [ + { + "data": { + "text/plain": [ + "'damgerstuvwxyzbcfhijklnopq'" + ] + }, + "execution_count": 12, + "metadata": {}, + "output_type": "execute_result" + } + ], + "source": [ + "kca = keyword_cipher_alphabet_of('damager', KeywordWrapAlphabet.from_last)\n", + "kca" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 20, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [ + { + "data": { + "text/plain": [ + "'dangerstuvwxyzbcfhijklmopq'" + ] + }, + "execution_count": 20, + "metadata": {}, + "output_type": "execute_result" + } + ], + "source": [ + "sak, score = simulated_annealing_break(sca, cipher_alphabet=kca, fitness=Ptrigrams)\n", + "sak" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 22, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [ + { + "data": { + "text/plain": [ + "'dangerstuvwxyzbcfhijklmopq'" + ] + }, + "execution_count": 22, + "metadata": {}, + "output_type": "execute_result" + } + ], + "source": [ + "kca = keyword_cipher_alphabet_of('dangers', KeywordWrapAlphabet.from_last)\n", + "kca" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 24, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [ + { + "name": "stdout", + "output_type": "stream", + "text": [ + "exactly what or who had hit me i wasnt sure but by the time i came around they had long gone if you\n", + "will excuse the p unit was a professional hit just the right amount of force to knock me out\n", + "probably no permanent damage the room had been expertly disassembled the shelves were emptied of\n", + "blacks mission files and much of the steampunk technology had been taken apart presumably to make\n", + "sure it didnt contain any further secrets the big beautiful roundtable had been cleared and ile\n", + "anton it to steady myself as my head swami guessed that whoever had followed me into the tunnels and\n", + "on into the headquarters must have known what i was looking for it was too much of a coincidence\n", + "that they had found me here probably they were connected with the emails that first got me\n", + "interested in black but in a confused state after my blackout i was puzzled why had they involved me\n", + "perhaps they just didnt know how to find the shadow archive and hoped i would be able to help\n", + "perhaps they wanted to implicate me in the theft of the shadow archive papers in that case they\n", + "should have hit me harder i wasnt going to hang around long enough to get caught something was\n", + "nagging at men one of the papers i had seen looked interesting enough to justify all this effort i\n", + "turned my head cautiously trying to ignore the throbbing behind m year and looked around the room\n", + "one more time to see what we were missing as i did so my foot caught on something and i bent down\n", + "topic kit up when they hit me i had been sitting reading blacks codebook it was full of marvellous\n", + "if dated ideas on cryptography and information security and i had just been reading the section on\n", + "transposition ciphers it seemed he was particularly keen on columnar transpositions and was arguing\n", + "that it would be best to read off the ciphertext column by column to confuse enemy crypt analysts i\n", + "was musing on just how secure that would be when the world went dark luckily as i had fallen i had\n", + "dropped the book and it had slipped under the table somehow they had missed it during the search and\n", + "there it was hidden in the shadows i took a deep breath to slow the spinning behind my eyes and\n", + "picked the book up but as i pulled myself upright again the tabletop shifted slightly to one side i\n", + "struggled to regain my balance and the table moved again and this time i heard a distinct click as i\n", + "shifted my weight the table rotated back and there it was once more a soft metallic c link as a\n", + "ratchet tooth engaged i stood up grabbed at the table and pulled sideways it turned again clicking\n", + "several times as it did so it was a noise i knew very well the tumblers on a safe made the same\n", + "sound though much much quieter\n" + ] + } + ], + "source": [ + "print(lcat(tpack(segment(keyword_decipher(sca, 'dangers', KeywordWrapAlphabet.from_last)))))" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 25, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [ + { + "data": { + "text/plain": [ + "2670" + ] + }, + "execution_count": 25, + "metadata": {}, + "output_type": "execute_result" + } + ], + "source": [ + "open('7a.plaintext', 'w').write(lcat(tpack(segment(keyword_decipher(sca, 'dangers', KeywordWrapAlphabet.from_last)))))" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 26, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [ + { + "name": "stderr", + "output_type": "stream", + "text": [ + "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/matplotlib/figure.py:459: UserWarning: matplotlib is currently using a non-GUI backend, so cannot show the figure\n", + " \"matplotlib is currently using a non-GUI backend, \"\n" + ] + }, + { + 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], + "source": [ + "(trans_b, fillcol_b, emptycol_b), score = column_transposition_break_mp(scb, translist=history_transpositions)\n", + "(trans_b, fillcol_b, emptycol_b), score" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 30, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [ + { + "data": { + "text/plain": [ + "'thechaosandconfusionthatfollowedthereichstadtmeetingwasmorecompletethanihadanyrighttohopetheplayfairgambitwasanoutstandingsuccessthedelegatesfromrussiaandaustrohungaryeachhadaclearviewofwhathadbeenagreedandtheseviewswereentirelydivergentevenbettertherecordsofthemeetingwereentirelyindependentofoneanotherattheurgingofouragentswithintheseparatecourtstheminutesweredictatedseparatelybythetwoforeignministersandrassyandgorchakovsoastoensurethedeepestpossibleunderstandingoftheagreedoutcomestherewasnosignedformalconventionnorevenanagreedprotocoloursubtlecampaignofwhispersandmisdirectionensuredthatneithersideentirelytrustedtheothersotheseminuteswereneversharedthediscussionsconcerningaustrianannexationinbosniaandherzegoveniawillconfusehistoriansanddiplomatsforgenerationstocomeithasalreadyconfusedtheprincipalsinthisaffairandnooneintheforeignofficecanmakesenseofthematalldespitethegreatcaretakenbytheofficersoftheshadowarchivetorecordthemaccuratelythereistalkoftheneedforfurthermeetingsofthegreatpowersandthistimeiwillmakesurethatbritainwillbeatthetabletoinfluencethedeliberationsandtoprotectourinterestsfromthepointofviewofhermajestyandtheprimeministerifnotthatofallherministersthisisclosetotheperfectoutcomediscussionisdisplacingwarandlowleveldistrustisinhibitingthesortoforganisedalliancethatmightdiminishourinfluenceoverthegatewaytotheeasttheforthcomingconferenceinconstantinoplewillforthefirsttimeinvolveourgovernmentinthediscussionsconcerningthefuturegovernanceoftheregionlordsalisburywillargueforthecreationofautonomousregionsunderbulgarianruleinthehopeofreducingtensionsandeliminatingtheexcusethatrussianeedstoengageinwarifhesucceedsthenwewillhaveestablishedacomprehensiveagreementwithrussiaconcerningitsterritorialambitionsincentralasiaresolvingtheconflictwithourownstrategicaimsevenifthisprovestobetoomuchforournegotiatorswecanatleasthopetobuytimetomakeourownpreparationsandtomanipulateouralliesandenemiesiwillconcentrateondevelopingfurtherconfusionspreadingmisinformationandasmuchdistrustasicanmanageifthetalksfailweshouldatleastensurethatnograndbargainisstruckagainstourinterestsandnomajorallianceisformedtodiminishusthemediterraneanisachokepointforthetraderoutesfromtheeastwecannotandwillnotallowotherstostrangletheflowofgoodsandpeoplethatenrichusnothreatisgreatertothehealthoftheempireandnoactionisbeyondcontemplationinoureffortstoremovethethreat'" + ] + }, + "execution_count": 30, + "metadata": {}, + "output_type": "execute_result" + } + ], + "source": [ + "column_transposition_decipher(scb, trans_b, fillcolumnwise=fillcol_b, emptycolumnwise=emptycol_b)" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 31, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [ + { + "name": "stdout", + "output_type": "stream", + "text": [ + "the chaos and confusion that followed the reich stadt meeting was more complete than i had any right\n", + "to hope the playfair gambit was an outstanding success the delegates from russia and austro hungary\n", + "each had a clearview of what had been agreed and these views were entirely divergent even better the\n", + "records of the meeting were entirely independent of one another at the urging of our agents within\n", + "the separate courts the minutes were dictated separately by the two foreign ministers andrassy and g\n", + "or chak ov so as to ensure the deepest possible understanding of the agreed outcomes there was no\n", + "signed formal convention nor even an agreed protocol our subtle campaign of whispers and\n", + "misdirection ensured that neither side entirely trusted the other so these minutes were never shared\n", + "the discussions concerning austrian annexation in bosnia and herzeg oven i a will confuse historians\n", + "and diplomats for generations to come it has already confused the principals in this affair and no\n", + "one in the foreign office can make sense of them at all despite the great care taken by the officers\n", + "of the shadow archive to record them accurately there is talk of the need for further meetings of\n", + "the great powers and this time i will make sure that britain will beat the table to influence the\n", + "deliberations and to protect our interests from the point of view of her majesty and the prime\n", + "minister if not that of all her ministers this is close to the perfect outcome discussion is\n", + "displacing war and low level distrust is inhibiting the sort of organised alliance that might\n", + "diminish our influence over the gateway to the east the forthcoming conference in constantinople\n", + "will for the first time involve our government in the discussions concerning the future governance\n", + "of the region lord salisbury will argue for the creation of autonomous regions under bulgarian rule\n", + "in the hope of reducing tensions and eliminating the excuse that russia needs to engage in war if he\n", + "succeeds then we will have established a comprehensive agreement with russia concerning its\n", + "territorial ambitions in central asia resolving the conflict with our own strategic aims even if\n", + "this proves to be too much for our negotiators we can atleast hope to buy time to make our own\n", + "preparations and to manipulate our allies and enemies i will concentrate on developing further\n", + "confusion spreading misinformation and as much distrust as i can manage if the talks fail we should\n", + "atleast ensure that no grand bargain is struck against our interests and no major alliance is formed\n", + "to diminish us the mediterranean is a choke point for the trade routes from the east we can not and\n", + "will not allow others to strangle the flow of goods and people that enrich us no threat is greater\n", + "to the health of the empire and no action is beyond contemplation in our efforts to remove the\n", + "threat\n" + ] + } + ], + "source": [ + "print(lcat(tpack(segment(column_transposition_decipher(scb, trans_b, fillcolumnwise=fillcol_b, emptycolumnwise=emptycol_b)))))" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "execution_count": 32, + "metadata": {}, + "outputs": [ + { + "data": { + "text/plain": [ + "2846" + ] + }, + "execution_count": 32, + "metadata": {}, + "output_type": "execute_result" + } + ], + "source": [ + "open('7b.plaintext', 'w').write(lcat(tpack(segment(column_transposition_decipher(scb, trans_b, fillcolumnwise=fillcol_b, emptycolumnwise=emptycol_b)))))" + ] + 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0000000..d663066 --- /dev/null +++ b/2018/7a.plaintext @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +exactly what or who had hit me i wasnt sure but by the time i came around they had long gone if you +will excuse the p unit was a professional hit just the right amount of force to knock me out +probably no permanent damage the room had been expertly disassembled the shelves were emptied of +blacks mission files and much of the steampunk technology had been taken apart presumably to make +sure it didnt contain any further secrets the big beautiful roundtable had been cleared and ile +anton it to steady myself as my head swami guessed that whoever had followed me into the tunnels and +on into the headquarters must have known what i was looking for it was too much of a coincidence +that they had found me here probably they were connected with the emails that first got me +interested in black but in a confused state after my blackout i was puzzled why had they involved me +perhaps they just didnt know how to find the shadow archive and hoped i would be able to help +perhaps they wanted to implicate me in the theft of the shadow archive papers in that case they +should have hit me harder i wasnt going to hang around long enough to get caught something was +nagging at men one of the papers i had seen looked interesting enough to justify all this effort i +turned my head cautiously trying to ignore the throbbing behind m year and looked around the room +one more time to see what we were missing as i did so my foot caught on something and i bent down +topic kit up when they hit me i had been sitting reading blacks codebook it was full of marvellous +if dated ideas on cryptography and information security and i had just been reading the section on +transposition ciphers it seemed he was particularly keen on columnar transpositions and was arguing +that it would be best to read off the ciphertext column by column to confuse enemy crypt analysts i +was musing on just how secure that would be when the world went dark luckily as i had fallen i had +dropped the book and it had slipped under the table somehow they had missed it during the search and +there it was hidden in the shadows i took a deep breath to slow the spinning behind my eyes and +picked the book up but as i pulled myself upright again the tabletop shifted slightly to one side i +struggled to regain my balance and the table moved again and this time i heard a distinct click as i +shifted my weight the table rotated back and there it was once more a soft metallic c link as a +ratchet tooth engaged i stood up grabbed at the table and pulled sideways it turned again clicking +several times as it did so it was a noise i knew very well the tumblers on a safe made the same +sound though much much quieter \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/2018/7b.ciphertext b/2018/7b.ciphertext new file mode 100644 index 0000000..008bdb4 --- /dev/null +++ b/2018/7b.ciphertext @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +HCOOT HEAOT DHEYM AAUHA MARRA RWBEH WNDNE ESEER 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followed the reich stadt meeting was more complete than i had any right +to hope the playfair gambit was an outstanding success the delegates from russia and austro hungary +each had a clearview of what had been agreed and these views were entirely divergent even better the +records of the meeting were entirely independent of one another at the urging of our agents within +the separate courts the minutes were dictated separately by the two foreign ministers andrassy and g +or chak ov so as to ensure the deepest possible understanding of the agreed outcomes there was no +signed formal convention nor even an agreed protocol our subtle campaign of whispers and +misdirection ensured that neither side entirely trusted the other so these minutes were never shared +the discussions concerning austrian annexation in bosnia and herzeg oven i a will confuse historians +and diplomats for generations to come it has already confused the principals in this affair and no +one in the foreign office can make sense of them at all despite the great care taken by the officers +of the shadow archive to record them accurately there is talk of the need for further meetings of +the great powers and this time i will make sure that britain will beat the table to influence the +deliberations and to protect our interests from the point of view of her majesty and the prime +minister if not that of all her ministers this is close to the perfect outcome discussion is +displacing war and low level distrust is inhibiting the sort of organised alliance that might +diminish our influence over the gateway to the east the forthcoming conference in constantinople +will for the first time involve our government in the discussions concerning the future governance +of the region lord salisbury will argue for the creation of autonomous regions under bulgarian rule +in the hope of reducing tensions and eliminating the excuse that russia needs to engage in war if he +succeeds then we will have established a comprehensive agreement with russia concerning its +territorial ambitions in central asia resolving the conflict with our own strategic aims even if +this proves to be too much for our negotiators we can atleast hope to buy time to make our own +preparations and to manipulate our allies and enemies i will concentrate on developing further +confusion spreading misinformation and as much distrust as i can manage if the talks fail we should +atleast ensure that no grand bargain is struck against our interests and no major alliance is formed +to diminish us the mediterranean is a choke point for the trade routes from the east we can not and +will not allow others to strangle the flow of goods and people that enrich us no threat is greater +to the health of the empire and no action is beyond contemplation in our efforts to remove the +threat \ No newline at end of file