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'19TH CONGRESS 

18'1' SESSION 

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S.805 

IN THH SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, 

M~cH 30 (legislative day, MARCH 16), 19~5 

,Mr. THOMAS of Utah introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Military Affairs 

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 Representa- . . . . . : r 

2 tives of the Un'ited States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That whoever, by virtue of his employment by or perform4 alnce of services for the United States or by' virtue of his 

5 service in the armed forces of the United States, having 

6 obtaine.d, or having had custody of, access. to, ~r ·knowledge .. 

7 of ( 1) any information concerning the nature, preparation, 

8 or use of any code, cipher, or cryptographic or cryptanalytical 

9 sy~tem of the united States or any foreign government, or 

10 ( 2) any information concerning the design, construction, use, 

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. l maintenance, or repair of any device, apparatus, or appliance 

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

3 or any foreign government for cryptographic or cryptanalytic 

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4 . purpose, or ( 3) any ~terjal which has been, or purports to 

5 have been, prepared or transmitted in or b:y ~he u·se of any 

6 .code, cipher, or cryptographic system of the United. States 

7 ~r 'any foreign government, or i 4' any mformation con8 cerning the cryptographic or cryptanalytic aotivities of the . . 

9 United States or any foreign government, or ( 5) ·any infor10 mation which has been or pμrpo!ts to have been derived from 

. 11 cryptanalysis of messages transmitted by the United States 

12 or any foreign government, shall,· without authorization by 

lts ·the head of the department or agency ~y Which such person f. 

14 was employed or in which he performed service~ at the time 

15 . when he had custody of or access to. or obtained knowledge 

19 of the above-~escribed information or materia~ commmiicate, I ' : . ' . 

l,7 . furnish, ·or .,transmit to another or pu,hlish any such infor18 . mation. or material, shall he fined. not more than $10,~00, 

1!;} or imprisoμed. not more than ten years, or both. Authoriza- , . ~ 1 ' 

20 . tion~ as herein provided, shall be granted, only .in ac9Qrdance ' • c ; • ' "- • : • • • • • ' ~ " 

21 with regl}lations prescribed by the Preside~t. . 

. 2~ SEC. 2. Whoever, by virtue of hls employment by or . : . : : . . ~ . 

23 performance of services for any .foreign gov;e~ent or, .by . t . , 

24 virtue of his service in the armed forc,es of a:μy foreign goy- - ' \ i 

25 ernment, ha,ving obtained, or having had custody of access 
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1 to, or knowledge of ( 1) any inforrriation concerning the 

2 nature,· preparation} or use of any code, cipher, or crypto .. 

3 graphic or cryptanalytical system of the United States, O? 

4 (2) a.ny information concerning the· dtlsign, constrnction, 

5 use,. maintenance, or repair of any device, apparatus, or 

6 appliance used or prepared or planned for use by the United 

7 States for ~ryptographic or cryptanalytic purpose, or ( 3) 

8 any material which has been, or purports to have been, pre9 pared or transmitted in or by the use of any cooe, cipher, or 

10 cryptographic system of the United States, or ( 4) any in11 formation concerning the cryptographic or cryptanalytic 

12 activities of the United States, or ( 5) any information which 

13. has been or purports to have been derived fro~ cryptanalysis 

14 of messages transmitted by the United States, shall, without 

15 joint authoriz.ation by the Secretary of State, the Secretary 

16 of War, and the Secretary of the Navy communicate, furnish, 

17 or transmit to another or publish ·any such information or 

18 material, shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned 

19 not more than ten years, or both. 

20 SEC. 3. The term "foreign government" as used herein 

21 includes any person or persons acting or purporting to act 

22 for or on behalf of any military or naval force, faction, party, 

23 department, agency, or bureau of or within a foreign country, 

24 or for or on behalf of any government -Or any person or 

25 persons purporting to act as a government within a foreign 
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1 country, whether or not such government is recognized by 

2 the United States. 

3 SEC. 4. (a) The term "cryptographic" as used herein 

4 includes any code, cipher, secret writing, deception, mechan5 ical or electrical device, or other method used to disguise 

6 or conceal the meaning of any communication. 

7 (b) The term "cryptanalytic" as used 9-erein includes 

8 all methods of interception and all methods of obtaining 

9 information of the contents of cryptographic communication. 
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79TH CONGRESS 

lsT SESSION S.805 

ABILL 

To insure further the military security of the 

United States by yreventing disclosures of 

information secured through official sources . 

By Mr. THOMAS of Utah 

MARCH 30 (legislative day, MARCH 16), 1945 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Mllitary 

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