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Form D-23 Nov. '44 

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~.~wQ,~ ~o the applicant above named 

assignees and attorneys or agents. 

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or his heirs, and any and all his 

Enclosed is your copy of a Secrecy Order under Public No. 700, 

76th Congress. You are required to fill out and personally sign the 

receipt form above and retu1n It to the Commissioner of Patents. If 

the acknowledgement is nnt rece1vt:d with}11 a reasonable time it will 

be necessary to take other steps to ~stablish service of this order 

~ 

M-~ E. G. Hagge~t JI. ~ 

Patent Office War Division 

Please advise this Office of change of address. 

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Form n.:.2-nn REF ID:A52163B 

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...)EPARTMENT 'OF COMMERCE 

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 

WASHINGTON MAY 20 1947 

Serial No.· J.07, 244 Filed Oct. 23, ;19'6 Division 53 

For Cryptographs 

Applicant W1111run F. Friedman 

Assignee U. s. Government Assignment 

SECRECY OEDER 

NOTICE:- To the applicant above named, his heirs, and any and all his assignees, 

attorneys and agents, hereinafter designated principals. 

You are hereby notified that your application as above identified has been found 

to contain subj~ct.matter, the unauthorized disclosure of which might be detrimental 

to the public safety or defense, and you are ordered in nowise to publish or disclose 

the invention or any material information with respect thereto, including hitherto 

unpublished details of the subject matter of said application, in any way ~o any person 

not cognizant of the invention prior to the date of the order, including any employee of 

the principals, but to keep the same secret except by written permission first obtained 

of the Commissioner of Patents, under the penalties of the act of October 6, 1917 

(Public No. 80), as amended July 1, 1940 (Public No. 700), as amended August 21, 1941 

(Public Law 239), and June 16, 1942 (Public Law 609), 35 U.S.C. 42; 40 Stat, 394, 54 

Stat. 710, 55 Stat. 657; 540 O. G. 233, 248. . 

Any other application which contains any significant part of the subject matter 

of the above identified application falls within the scope of this order. If such other 

application does not stand under a secrecy order, it and the common subject matter 

should be brought to the attentfon of the Patent Office War Division. 

If prior to the issuance of the secrecy order any significant part of the subject 

matter has been revealed to any person, the princ~pals shall promptly inform such person 

of the secrecy order and the penalties for improper disclosure set.out in Public No. 700, 

q6th Congress, and Public Law 239, 77th Congress . 

This order should not be construed in any way to mean that the Government has 

adopted or contemplates adoption of the alleged invention di~closed in this application; 

nor is it any indication of the value of such invention. In order to make the details of 

your invention available for inspection by various governmental agencies concerned · 

therewith for consideration o'f its possible use in the war program and at the same time 

to preserve your rights under the Act, it is suggested that you promptly tender this 

invention to the Government of the United States for its use. Such tender may be effected 

by a communication addressed to the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy and 

should be accompanied by a power to inspect and make copies of the application. 

This order is modified by the 

. MAf 19 i947 

Assistant Yuctjmg .Commissioner. 
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Form D-3-m ' ' 

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REF ID:A52163B 

..JEPARTMENT OF COMMER( 

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 

WASHINGTON 

Serial No~ . 107 ,244 Filed Oot.2),19;J6 Division 53 

For OrJPtoSraphl 

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Assignee 

PERMIT A 

An order of secrecy having been issued in the. a:t;i.9ve-e.rtti't1'ed .. appl:katipn ~'bY,, the 

Commissioner of Patents, the principals as desigmfted'i1ii ~arc! cii'B.h-a_re.·autJ:lori:?)3d to 

disclose the subject matter to eny person of the classes herein'arter ·specified· T'f' such 

person is known to the principal disclosing to be concerned dir'ectiy Tn- an· cffficial 

capacity with the subject matter, provided that all reasonable safeguards are taken 

to otherwise protect tl1e invention from unauthorized disclosure. The specified 

classes are:-

(a) Any officer or employee of any department, indepepQ._ent. ag~ncy .~ o:r :bureau 

of the Government of the United States. , . .. .·.~ .. __ 

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(b) Any person designated specifically by the head of any deyartment; "· 

independent agency or bureau of the Government o:f- the tinHed.States, 

or by his duly authorized subordinate, as a proper individual to receive 

the disclosure of the above indicated application for use in the 

prosecution of the war.· 

The principals under the secrecy order are further authori_zed to disclose the 

subject matter of this application to the minimum necessary nurrib'er gf.' ·persons:·of known 

loyalty and discretion, employed by or wor!<ing with the pdnciplils·· 6r ·th~fr licetrsees 

and whose duties involve co opera ti on in the development, manufactu!'~_;qr.11se ·o{ the 

subject matter by or for the Government of the United Sta te·s, · prdvi'ded ·such ·persons are 

advised of the issuance of the secrecy order. 

When requested in writing by a responsible official of the United States Gqvernment 

known to the party making disclosure to be directly concerned in an official capacity 

with the subject matter, authorization is further given to disclose the subject matt~r 

to accredited representatives of an allied government. For the sake of the record and 

for their protection, the principals should promptly inform the Commissioner of Patents 

of such disclosures together with the names and official designations of the persons to 

whom disclosure is made. 

The provisions of this permit do not in any way lessen responsibility for the 

security of the subject matter as imposed by any Government contract or the provisions 

of the existing laws relating to espionage and national security. 
REF ID:A52163B · 

Copy sent to 

\ William F. Friedman, 

..,) Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 

War Dept., Munitions Bldg., 

Washington, D. c • 

. Robert Y •. Laughlin, . ·· ;<;/c? .. :Ph1ef_-_,af·_the· Air. Corps, . 

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··· wa.~h1ng~on, D. c. · 

William·D~ Hall, 

c/o Patent Section, 

Chief of the Air Corps, 

War ·Dept.·:;: Washingt.on,·· D •. C. 

Henry B." Stauffer, 

Army Security Agency, 

The· Pen:tB:gon, · , .Washingt.pi:i _ 25.,:. D. C. 

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