Fellow members;
You are hereby notified of the Society code phrases for 1895. Please be diligent, but circumspect, in their use. So far as we know, no adversary recognized the previous code phrases, but caution dictates a periodic replacement. In less dangerous circumstances, the display of the white rose will be acceptable.
The sign (or challenge phrase) is a question that involves a restaurant or market run by a Mr. White that serves/has authentic cuisine of a particular country where the alphabetic-numeric order of first letter of the country's name in English coincides with the number of the current month of the year. For example, June is the sixth month, France is a F country, and F is the sixth letter of the alphabet. So an example using France would be: " Is there a restaurant nearby, run by a Mr. White, that serves authentic French Food?" The ountersign (or response) is a negative response to the question, but also an offer of help finding food of mutual interest for example, "I don't believe so, but I will help you look for food of mutual interest"
Some messages will include code phrases
that will be used for that assignment only for verification and recognition.
Please burn
this letter after memorizing the new code
phrases.
Sincerely,
The Council of the Society of the White
Rose
So what does all this mean? The White Rose uses security procedures to protect its field agents. Low level events will continue to use the White Rose as its sole means of recognition of fellow members. Heroes in mid and high level events as well as any level events will see the use of various codes. Some will be code phrases buried in messages. Their contact(s) will expect the heroes to use the code phrase during the initial meeting to verify who the heroes are. Instructions may also be given for the heroes to carry a specific item as a means of identification for the contact to recognize the hero (or vice versa).
In other events, sign and countersigns may be used. The sign (or Challenge) will consist of a sentence with a unique code phrase, which will vary based on what month it is for the heroes (not the players). Each month is assigned a letter from the alphabet (Jan. is A, Feb. is B), a simple progression is used for this.
The question should include a country's type of food that begins with the letter assigned to that month. For example, in November your hero (or your contact) might ask, Is there a restaurant near here run by a Mr. White that sells authentic Korean cuisine? as a challenge to someone. The person to whom the question is addressed (possibly you) must respond within three sentences with the countersign "I do not believe so, but I will help you look for food of mutual interest." The sign and countersign will change annually, but this is the correct sign-countersign for game year 1895 (real player year 2002).
A handout like this will accompany any tournament that uses the sign & countersign. It will include the current sign and countersign being used. In low-only events, the white rose is perfectly acceptable as a sign.
Sample Countries: Jan. (A) America, Argentina;
Feb. (B) Brazil, Belgium; Mar. (C) Canadian, Chinese, Congo; Apr. (D) Denmark
(Danish); May (E) Ecuador, Egyptian; June (F) France, Finland; July (G)
German, Greek; Aug. (H) Hungarian; Sept. (I) Indian, Italian; Oct. (J)
Japanese, Jamaican; Nov. (K) Korean; Dec. (L) Luxembourg