lack of WW II cryptanalytic co-operation between the US and UK?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

from the article djf

>  But amid the mass of technical data, his conclusion on American 
> efforts was clear - they were not up to the task.
>
>  Dr Turing said: "Generally speaking, their attitude is so purely 
> mechanical and mathematical that they often fail to see the wood for 
> the trees and do not like to admit that experience and a knowledge of 
> immediately prior developments, combined with a little manual work, 
> may often produce the answer more quickly than machinery.
>
>  "I am persuaded that one cannot very well trust these people where a 
> matter of judgement in cryptography is concerned."
>
>  He asked to bring all the new American technology back to the UK, 
> believing his team could make much better use of the machines. His 
> proposal was supported and his team eventually built Colossus, one of 
> the world's first programmable machines.

Begin forwarded message:

From: Steve Bellovin <smb () research att com>
Date: October 20, 2004 10:54:49 AM EDT
To: cryptography () metzdowd com
Subject: lack of WW II cryptanalytic co-operation between the US and UK?

Some recently declassified British documents show that the British
and the Americans did not co-operate as closely on cryptanalytic
matters as is generally thought.  See
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3758276.stm for details.

I'd really like to see the full text of Turing's report; does anyone
know if it's online?

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