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26 June 1944 

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l Whoever, by virtue of his employment by the United States or 

by virtue of his service in the armed forces of the United States, 

shall obtain or shall have custody of or access to, or shall have obtained or hc.d custody of or access to (l) any information concerning 

the nature, preparation or use of any code, cipher or cryptographic 

or cryptanalytic system of the United States or any foreign government 

(2) any infor'llation concerning the construction, use, maintenance or 

repair of a:tJ.Y device, apparatus, or appliance used or prepared or planned 

for use by the Um. ted States or any foreign government for cryptographic 

or crypta.na.lytic purposes, or (3) any matter which has been, or purports 

to have been, prepared or transmitted in or by the use of any code, cipher 

or cryptograp.r.1ic system of the United States or any foreign goverD.J11.ent, 

or (4) any infor~ation concerning the cryptographic or cryptanalytic 

activities of the United States or any foreign government, and shall, 

witnout authorization Dy competent authority, communicate, furnish 

or transmit ~o another or publish any such information or mat~er, shall 

upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 

or by im~risonmen~ for not more than ten years, or by both such fine 

and impriso1u1ent 

2. !i:he term 11 foreign government 11 as used herein shall be taken to 

include any person or persons acting or purporting to act for or on 

behalf of a.ny military or naval force, faction or party, or for or on 

behalf of azly 5overnment or any person or persons purporting to act as 

a government, whether or not such governmPnt is recognized by the 

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