The plaintext character set in BATCO consists of 12 symbols, the digits 0 to 9, the decimal point and a " change " character denoted as CH . The BATCO ciphertext character set is the letters A through Z . BATCO can also be used to transmit numeric information, such as grid coordinates.
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This is true in England too-- I have a map of London that had grid squares that I happen to know coincide with the national grid, but they're just marked A1, A2, etc . like a typical locator grid, and the national grid coordinates aren't shown .-- Anonymous, 04 : 30 UTC, December 7, 2008.
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Only after the disaster did the CIA turn up in its files two maps that accurately placed the embassy : one was a map handed out by a Belgrade bank that showed a branch office near the embassy; the other listed the embassy and its grid coordinates in its index but did not mark the building on the map itself, an American official said.
