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Decrypt the following message that was encrypted using a simple substitution cipher: GBSXUCGSZQGKGSQPKQKGLSKASPCGBGBKGUKGCEUKUZKGGBSQEICA CGKGCEUERWKLKUPKQQGCIICUAEUVSHqKGCEUPCGBCGQOEVSHUNSU GKUZCGQSNLSHEHIEEDCUOGEPKHZGBSNKCUGSUKUASERLSKASCUGB SLKACRCACUZSSZEUSBEXHKRGSHWKLKUSQSKCHQTXKZHEUQBKZAEN NSUASZFENFCUOCUEKBXGBSWKLKUSQSKNFKQQKZEHGEGBSXUCGSZQ GKGSQKUZBCQAEIISKOXSZSICVSHSZGEGBSQSAHSGKHMERQGKGSKR EHNKIHSLIMGEKHSASUGKNSHCAKUNSQQKOSPBCISGBCqHSLIMQGKG SZGBKGCGQSSNSZXQSISQQGEAEUGCUXSGBSSJCqGCUOZCLIENKGCA USOEGCKGCEUqCGAEUGKCUSZUEGBHSKGEHBCUGERPKHEHKHNSZKGGKAD

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Answer:

THEUNITEDSTATESWASATPEACEWITHTHATNATIONANDATTHESOLIC ITATIONOFJAPANWASSTILLINCONVERsATIONWITHITSGOVERNMEN TANDITSEMPERORLOOKINGTOWARDTHEMAINTENANCEOFPEACEINTH EPACIFICINDEEDONEHOURAFTERJAPANESEAIRSQUADRONSHADCOM MENCEDBOMBINGINOAHUTHEJAPANESEAMBASSADORTOTHEUNITEDS TATESANDHISCOLLEAGUEDELIVEREDTOTHESECRETARYOFSTATEAF ORMALREPLYTOARECENTAMERICANMESSAGEWHILETHIsREPLYSTAT EDTHATITSEEMEDUSELESSTOCONTINUETHEEXIsTINGDIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONsITCONTAINEDNOTHREATORHINTOFWARORARMEDATTACK

Step-by-step explanation:

Use this mapping:

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

kfazsrobcwdinuelthqgxvpjmy

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