Agreed, though I think the idea was also to remove the chance of any snooping via elint. I do notice the Ruskies choosing electric type writers probably for reliability and evenness of the print output. I remember the IBM Selectrics [0] I used  hacking up for <i>&quot;text repro&quot;</i>, [1] far superior to manual typewriters that had, depending on the quality of the machine uneven application of ink. If you scan a copy you get superior reproduction.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;IBM_Selectric_typewriter" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;IBM_Selectric_typewriter</a><p>[1] To make print ready artwork you can type up the text, print a negative and reproduce positive film copy to work with. Old school optical reproduction technology.