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ABlLL 

To insure further the military security of the 

United States by preventing disclosures of 

information secured through official sources. 

By Mr. G"UBNE"I: 

Anu.1 (lePilatlve day, MAacH 24), 1947 

Read twice and referred' to the. Committee on the . 

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

.APRIL 1 (legislative day, MARCH 24), 1947 

Mr. GURNEY (by request) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 

and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To insure further the military security of the United States by 

preventing disclosures of information secured through official 

sources. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That whoever, by virtue of his employment by or perfonn4 ance of services for the United States or by virtue of his 

5 employment by any person, firm, or corporation performing 

6 services for the United States or by virtue of his service in 

. '1 the armed forces of the United States, having obtained, or 

8 having had custody of, access to, or knowledge of ( 1) any 

9 information concerning the nature, preparation, or use of any 

10 code, cipher, or cryptographic or cryptanalytical system of 

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1 the United States or any foreign government; or ( 2) any 

2 information concerning ,the design, construction, use, main3 tenance, or repair of any device, apparatus, or appliance 

4 used or prepared or planned for use by the United States or 

5 any foreign government for cryptographic or cryptanalytic 

6 purpose; or ( 3) any message, document, writing, note, 

7 paper, or the contents or meaning thereof, which has been, 

8 or purports to have been, prepared or transmitted in or by 

9 the use of any code, cipher, or cryptographic system of the 

10 United States or any foreign government; or (4) ~ny in-_ 

11 forrnn tion concerning the cryptographic or cryptanalytic 

12 activities of the United States or any foreign government; 

13 or ( 5) any information which has been or purports to have 

14 been derived from cryptanalysis of messages transmitted by 

15 the United States or any foreign gqvernmen{ shall willfully/ r 

.. 16 without authori~ation by the head of the· department or 

17 agency by which such person was employed or in which he 

18 performed services at the time when he had custody of or 

19. access to or obtained knowledge of the above-described in20 formation or material, or if such department or agency is 

21 no longer in existence, without joint authorization by the 

22 Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, and the Secretary 

23 of the Navy~ communicate, furnish, or transmit to another 

24 or publish any such information or material~ shall be fined 

25 not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten 

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1 years or both. Authorizations, as herein provided, shall be 

2 granted only in accordance with regulations prescribed by 

3 the President. 

4 SEC. 2. 'Vhoever, by virtue of his employment by or 

5 performance of services for any foreign government or by 

6 virtue of his service in the armed forces of any foreign govem7 ment, having obtained, or having had custody of, access to, 

8 or knowledge of ( 1) any information concerning the nature, 

9 preparation, or use of any code, cipher, or cryptographic or 

10 cryptanalytical system of the United States; or ( 2) any 

11 information concerning the design, construction, use, main12 tenance, or repair of any device, apparatus, or appliance used 

13 or prepared or planned for use by the United States for 

14 cryptographic or cryptanalytic purpose; or ( 3) any message, 

15 document, writing, note, paper, or the contents or meaning 

16 thereof, which has been, or purports to have been, prepared 

17 or transmitted in or by the use of any code, cipher, or crypto18 graphic syst~m of the United States; or ( 4) any information 

19 concerning the cryptographic or cryptanalytic activities of 

20 the United States; or ( 5) any information which has been or 

21 purports to have been derived from cryptanalysis of messages 

22 transmitted by the United States, shall willfully, without joint 

23 authorization by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, 

24 and the Secretary of the Navy commuiiicate, furnish, or trans25 mit to _another or publish any such information or material, 
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1 shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more 

2 than ten years, or both. 

3 SEO. 3. The term "foreign gove;rnment" as used herein 

4 includes any person or persons acting or purporting to 

5 act for or on behalf of any military ·or naval force, faction, 

6 party, department, agency, or bureau of or w\thin a foreign 

7 cou,ntry, or for or on behalf of any government or any 

s person or persons purporting to act as a government within 

9 a foreign country, whether or not such governnient is recog10 nized by the United States. 

11 Soo. 4. (a) The terms "code", "cipher", and "crypto12 graphic" as. used herein include ·any secr~t writing, decep13 tion, mechanical or electrical device, or other method used 

14 for the purpose of . disguising or concealing the contents 

15 or the meaning of any communication. 

16 (b) The term "cryptanalytic" as used herein includes 

17 e1I methods of interception and all methods of obtaining 

18 information of the contents of cryptographic communication. 

19 SEO. 5. Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the ·furnish20 ing, upon lawful demand, of information to any regularly 

21 constituted committee of the Senate or House of Repre22 sentatives of the United States of America, or joint com23 mittee thereof. 

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