79TH CONGRESS } 

1st Session 

REF ID:A40467 

Calendar~o.159 SENATE { REFORT 

No 161 

t".IAFEGUARDING MILITARY INFORM.\TION 

APRJL i (lep:1::olati\C da\, M.\RCH lb) 1945-0rden>rl to be printed 

Mr THOMAS of Utah, from the Comnuttee on Military Affairs, 

subnutt<.'d the followmg 

REPORT 

[To accompan~ S 805] 

The Conuruttt.<' on Mtlitttt'V Affairs, to \\horn was refHred the bill 

(S 805) to msure further the military sf'cunty of thP Umted States 

by pieventmg disclosures of mformation secured through offi.ctal 

sourc<'s, havmg <',ons1derc>d the c;ame, tt>port fav01ably thereon with 

an am<.'ndmcnt and rl'wmmend that as amended, the bill do pa.sq 

AMENDMENT 

On page 1, hut> 4, after the word ''or" and bef01e the wo1d "by", 

msert the '\\Olds "hy V'utue of hIS employment b~ auv person firm 

01 corpoiat1on P<'I fo1 mmg Sl'l Hcec; fo1 the Umt<'d States or" 

STATEMENT 

Tluq bill has hlen 011gmahd b' the w·ar and Na'\"y DPpartmentc; 

to hll a sl'r1ous gap m thf' IE>gislation macteu to protE'ct the nuhtary 

security of tlw United Statc>ci Br1!.'fl.y, it mak!.'s it a am1e fo1 any 

Go, !.'rntnC'nt emplov('(.' or memh('I or form<'l member of th<' armed 

fo1 cl's to d1sdo~e anv mfo1 ma Lion h1.> htl'I obtamrd m lus ofhcml capacity < onccrrung thE' uyptogiapluc 01 cryptanalytIC• B<'t1v1tl<'s of the 

Umtcd l'.:'ltlLtec; or nnv for<'1gn govunmE'nt, t''-<'Cpt as he mnv be> autho11zNI to do so pursuant lo regulations pt Lsrr1bed hv the Prrbtdrnt 

ThP tNms "<'1vptograpluc" and "<'1yphmalvt1<'" flH d!.'fined m section 

4 Broadly, 'rryptograpluc" means the use of codes and oph!.'rs of 

our O\\U, md "Prvptanalytl('" means obtammg mfo1mat1on from the 

<'ryptog-rupluc <'Ommurucahons of olll('r nations 

Cryptographl<' <:1e<'unty for classified rnmmumcat1ons of the Governmrnt 1s vital elm m~ both war and peac!.' Mobt mtl1tary opE>rat1ons 

and d1plomat1c plans rcqmre the use of iarl10 01 cable rommmucat1ons 

\\luch other goverrunc>nts or their military forces Pan intercept The 
REF ID:A40467 

:e~ I ,o.,.ufm:uARD•NG MILITARY INFORMATION• 

<~raphlc methods bv \\rulh the A1my wid Na'y and :O,tate ~pa,fiKi.entf nud othe1 go' ernmental agencws at tempt Lo prr\l'nt ~~Woll!il from bcmg 1c.ad b) uunuthorizrd p< tbons must 

be afforded absolute ::.u.reev La\\ must CA.1st to 1equtre tlus &lllC'(V 

E' eryone who h.) reason of his officml -;tatus ob tu.ms unv J...no" ledge 

about those pro( e<1<1es must b1, mf01med that <1pecific legislation forbuls 

thL unauthouzed disclosure to anyone of anv mformahon nhout them 

With I,Mpfl.J;. t.o. s.J:XRVI.nalys1s, an even grenter degree of srcrec v is 

rrqm.red Vlt3t1~W..k'etlHf1~~ of vital 1mportanC'c m time of war and ulso 

essential m time of peace m order to he ready for "ar ieqmre cvrn a ~reater degiee of ::.crunty~cause the enemy or potential enemy has 

it w1tlun lus ab::.olute power to deprive us of any mfounat10n from 

Hus sckn:teie'f~ ti<1>M~-wE'Pnrl gdtmg it 

The Wai Depnrtment..tb.m:rfore C'Onsiders tlns leg1slat1on as vital 

to the prc..,C'nt and future defense of the Umkd btaLls Its passage 

is part~l\larly 11\gt:•nt now hc<'aUsP of the senous danger that the defeat 

of ~~a.u:¢IAfAft1+1,~ei'il.ittt:flf{>'la'\.at1011 of ..,£'cur1ty <1tancln1cl~ on tlus 

snbJelt hv tl1ost. lr ww nlDN>hrmed foree"I 'l'lns '" ould ~Lr1ously 

mte1fere with the sucte~sful proscl uhon of the war agamr:.t la pan 

The letter of reLOrrrmcndaP1cw,(¥gncd by the Scueta1y of War and 

the Athng Sl•crrtary of the :Nf!~y';'follows 

[ t-1 'VAR DEPARTMFN'T, 

008 ' ll.£11.H lJ ashinglon, A/arrh 10, 191,5 

Hon E1 BFRT ll THOMAS, 

Ihd 'iffii1ffiM.J~l''Mi'.tf'rll61I'f1lij,i: b1lfJ!'s, ....tfi,~ h .ir TT tl\'I t UnifJ, tate8 Senate ~ ·rn \t-M~i'b\t:~ 9 d1lAX.: lfHWe0

1!.JR f9~b1d a ciraft of a hill' 1u further lllbUre 

d}~~ Rt.a lei 'l PWP'U'iu{JQl~M,l(M~(,llprC\ Pnhnp; d1sdosurcs of mformahun 

:1'1iiwcclf ~ d1'11b11'0tlr~CJG'lil~tln!: V..e.r anrl Na" l>!'partmcuts rew1nmew~ \'11'.cff\'d •jlj(I} l:{}v,.fm ~m 11 "'" J.orlJ hu Cli:tam commumui.tlon artn 1t1cN rollductcd b\ 1111ht'ln and u\lban per«onnel 

afford them b.no\\lC'dp;e or pm,se&smn of mforn1at10u \\lmh \\Ill be HUbJectcd to 

pos,,1blc post-\\ 'l.r unauthorized ~!§d.~t'Cjlf IE i,,tmg &tatute,, do not afford aiJcqj.p~.tp protection agam~t '<Uch wnrluct , ~6licth'i&J.WdfJthr1~pc1sdlll'dag\Stairoi\1ltlNlcl1.dtas rt..lll\ed the approval of the 

Jglffl; 9tu~f#1'.{f ~ ~M att1~1>Hl~l}{~C11:fM1 lo t4et mtt..rest'I of national defense 

an~h~ l \\~~l?i.f t<.fi~~ B~tilllluC'J\t ~g!s"ldl'tMt 1rtli.ttcr om of 1mportanrn and 

nritene;i. and request that it be prebeutcd to the Congrt....,s at the earliest pra<.t1cahle 

date l .lf'U.'! c l /. "'8 

The BnrC'au of the Budp;ct athu;es that there 1s no oh1ectJon to'the &ubrmss1on 

QMIU$rprnq'¥<c'fi ~gttil4t1Jm.5ott4W Ql.l~td$1.1\<>,l). .dl\ 1 ~h11.~011gress 

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