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79Tu CONGRESS H. R''•·,--• 2·· 7·· .... 1· 1 lsT S'ESsION" 

IN TH}J ROUSE -OF REPRESENTATIVES· 

M..utca 21, 1945 

Mr. SUMNERS of Texas introduced th@ f9llowing bill; which wa~ referred 

to the Committee C)n the Judiciary · 

ABILL 

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 employmfillt by or :i-r4 formance of services for the United .States or by virtue ·of 

5 his service in the armed forces of the United States., .hav~ 

6 obtained, or having had custody of, acc;i.ess to, or ]mow.le~ 

7 of ( 1) any information concerning the nature., prepar.ati~, 

8 or use of any code,cipher, or cryptographic or crypt.analytiQatl 

9 system of the United States or any foreWn ,govemmtmt; rar 

10 ( 2) any information conc~rnillg . the d~~q, constru.ctiQJl., 
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1 use, maintenance, or repair of any device, apparatus, or 

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

3 States or any foreign government for cryptographic or crypt4 analytic purpose; or ( 3) any material which has been, 

5 or purports to have been, prepared or transmitted m or 

6 by the use of any code, cipher, or cryptographic system of 

7 the United. States or any foreign government; or_ ( 4) any 

8 information concerning the cryptographic or cryptanalytic 

· 9 --·activities of the United States or any foreign government; 

10 or ( 5) any information which has been or purports to 

11 have been derived from cryptanalysis of messages trans12 mitted by the United States or any foreign government, 

13 shall, without authorization by the head of the department 

14 or agency by which such person was employed or in 

15 which he performed services at the time when he had 

16 cust~dy ~f or access to or obtained knowledge of the aboie- .. 17- described information or material, communicate, furnish, 

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18 · or transmit to another or publish any such informatiOn } 

19 or material, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or ifil-

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20' prisoned not more than ten years, or both. Authorizations, 

21 as herein provided, shall be granted only in accordance with 

22 · regulations prescribed by the President. 

23 SEG. 2. Whoever, by virtue of his employment by or 

24 performance of services for any foreign government or by 

25 ---virtue of his service in the armed forces of any foreign gov-
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1 ernment, having obtained, or having had custody of,· access 

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2 to, or knowledge of ( 1) any information concerning the 

3 nature, preparation, or use of any code, cipher, or crypto0 

4 graphic or cryptanalytical system of the United. States; of~ 

5 ( 2) any information concerning the design, construction:~ 

6 use, maintenance, or repair of any device, apparatus, o~'. ,, 

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

8 States for cryptographic or cryptanalytic purpose; or ( 3 ); ; 

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9 any material which has been, or purports to have been:· ,\,.• 

10 prepared or transmitted in or by the use. of any code, cipher; ·· 

11 or cryptographic system of the United States.; or ( 4) any 

12 information concerning the cryptographic or cryptanalytic 

13 activities of the United States; or ( 5) any information which 

14 has been or purports to have been derived from cryptanalysis 

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

16 joint authorization by the Secretary of State, the Secretary 

17 of War, and the Secretary of the Navy, communicate, fur18 nish, or transmit to another or publish any such information 

19 or material, shall be fined npt more than $10,000 or im20 prisoned not more than ten years, or both. 

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

22 includes any person or persons acting or purporting to act 

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

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

25 or for or on behalf of any government or any person or 
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1 .. persons .. purporting to a.ct as a govemme;ut ·within a foreign 

2 -country, whether or not such ·government is recognized by. 

3 the United States. 

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

5 includes any code, cipher, secret writing, deception, me~ 

6 clianical or electrical device, or other method used to disguise 

,7 or conceal the meaning of any communication. 

8 (b) The term "cryptanalytic'' as used herein includes 

9• all methods of interception and all methods of obtaining 

lO information of the contents of cryptographic communications,. 
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'19TH CONGRESS 

lST 81C88I01' H. R .. 2711 

A BILL 

To insure further the military security of the 

United States by preventil!g, discl~ures of 

information secured through official source$. 

By Mr. SUMNERS of Texas 

M.ABCH 21, 1945 

Referred to the Committee on the Judiclaey