NASA Gouvernement Américain

At Riverbank Miss Smith joined a versatile and distinguished staff. There were typists, translators, a
graduate student in genetics, and professionals specializing in acoustics, engineering. Riverbank was one
of the first such facilities to promote cryptology and other subjects. Through the work of the Friedmans,
much historical information on secret writing was gathered. Up until the creation of the Army's Cipher
Bureau, Riverbank was the only facility capable of exploiting and solving enciphered messages