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+m209
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+A historically accurate M-209 library written in Python 3
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+
+:Author: Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
+:Version: 0.1
+:Date: July 4, 2013
+:Home Page: https://bitbucket.org/bgneal/m209/
+:License: MIT License (see LICENSE.txt)
+:Documentation: (coming soon)
+:Support: https://bitbucket.org/bgneal/m209/issues
+
+The `M-209`_ is a mechanical cipher machine used by the US military during World
+War II and up to the Korean War. The M-209 is also known as the CSP-1500 by
+the US Navy. The M-209 is an example of a Hagelin device, a family of
+mechanical cipher machines created by Swedish inventor `Boris Hagelin`_.
+
+This project is a Python 3 library and command-line utility for encrypting and
+decrypting text by simulating the operation of an actual M-209 device.
+
+Please see the documentation (coming soon) for library usage, tutorials and
+references.
+
+
+.. _M-209: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-209
+.. _Boris Hagelin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Hagelin