Editing Minox (section)

====Spy camera====
The Minox subminiature camera attracted the attention of intelligence agencies in America, Britain and Germany, and most of the Eastern Bloc (East Germany, Romania) due to its small size and macro focusing ability. There is at least one document in the public record of 25 Minox cameras purchased by the US [[Office of Strategic Services]] intelligence organisation in 1942.<ref>
Moses & Wade, Ibid., p.69.
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The close-focusing lens and small size of the camera made it perfect for covert uses such as surveillance or document copying. The Minox was used by both [[Axis Powers|Axis]] and Allied intelligence agents during [[World War II]]. Later versions were used well into the 1980s. The Soviet spy [[John Anthony Walker|John A. Walker Jr.]], whose actions against the [[US Navy]] [[cryptography]] programs represent some of the most compromising intelligence actions against the United States during the [[Cold War]] era, used a Minox C to photograph documents and ciphers.

An {{convert|18|in|mm|adj=on}} measuring chain was provided with most Minox subminiature cameras, which enabled easy copying of letter-sized documents. The espionage use of the Minox has been portrayed in Hollywood movies and TV shows, and some 1980s Minox advertising has played up the "spy camera" story.