the leader was marian rejewski. and they begin an earnest effort to break the enigma code. it one thing to have bright intelligent people, but when you're going up against three times 10 to the 114th power in terms permutations, you have a very, very, very tough road to hoe. they didn't give and they got some help there. was a gentleman who worked in the german cipher bureau, hans schmitt, he had once been a wealthy man, he lost all of his business because of the great depression, now he was destitute, his older brother got him a job as a humble government clerk at the cipher bureau, and hans decided to do something to enhance his financial situation. he contacted an agent of the french secret service, he said i've got some secrets about enigma i'd like to sell. how much money can you give me. bertrand said how does $20,000 sound in french franrs, and the exchange was made and bertrand because he talked with the poles before, forwarded the information to them. the poles eventually over time are able to discern how the process works and to begin to break enigma messages. onc