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eee Q5 Page three beginning “eat pepper-mint and ..."“ Q6 Page five beginning "you the other ...° Result of examination: Recument | | - ~ The original "Zodiac" case involves numerous letters and cryptograms related to murders in the Sacramento - San Pransico area in the late 1960's and early 1970's. The "Zodiac" case has not been solved to date. a The Qi through Q6 material resembles the type of letters and cryptograms involved in the “Zodiac* case. No indented writing was observed on Ql through Q6. No watermarks were observed on Ql. The brand “Conqueror® appears on Q3. This appears to be a brand of the Sloan Paper Co., Doraville, Georgia. Q2 and Q4 through Q6 bear watermarks of Sheaffer Eaton, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. — Gryptanalysia Specimens Q2 and Q6 contain substitution system with variants. In such a cryptosystem, each letter of the alphabet is replaced by one or more " symbols to make the message unreadable. The letters which occur more frequently in the English language have more than one ciphertext equivalent. The substitution system is as follows: Bcc A BC DB F GH ISK UL M Cc 'oe@ va 43 JT K mM ’ fa 2 z A S -¢ 9 Q -O- imal J é P B u ; a w ” Page 2 (over) 80426031 D LL .