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THE NEW YORK TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1945 

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President Truman ([odaX) took steps to provide for the re- l~ase to American industry of scientific and industrial information seized from the enemy during .the war. . ' 

In an Executive Order the President put such information, 

including patents, under the jurisdiction of Chairman John w. 

Snyder of the war Mobilization and Reconversion Board. · Under the order the Secretary of War or the Secretaty of 

the' Navy retains the power to determine finally whether militapy 

security would permit the· release, in whole or in part, of ' 

enemy scientific or industrial information . . ~he ~of the President's Executive Order follows: ~ "By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution ~ and statutes as President of the United States and Commander in 

Chief of the Army and Navy, and in order to provide for the release and diss.emination of certain scientific and industrial 

information heretofore or hereafter obtained from the enemy by 

any department or agency of this Government, to the end that 

such information may be of maximum benefit to the public, it is 

hereby ordered a~ follows~ · 11 1. It is the policy of this Government, subject to the 

requiremen_ts of· national military security, that there shall 

be prompt, public, free and general dissemination of enemy 

scientific and industri~l information~ The expression 'enemy scientifi~ and industrial information, 1 as used herein,· is defined to comprise all information concerning scientific, · industrial and technological processes, inventions; methods, 

devices, .improvements and advances heretofore or hereafter 

obtained by any department or agency of this Government in 

enemy countries regardless of its origin, or in liberated areas 

if such information is of enemy origin or has been acquired or 

appropriated by the enemy. 

"2. The scope of the authority vested in the Director of 

War Mobilization and Reconversion as chairman of the publication 

board and in the publication board by Executive Order No. 9568 

of June 8, 1945, is extended to include enemy scientific and 

industrial information. The procedures outlined in Executive 

Order No. 9568, in so far as applicable, are extended to the · declassification, release and publication of enemy scientific 

and industrial information. 

"3. Nothing in this order shall be construed to limit 

or mbdify the power of the Secretary of War o~ the Secret~lY 

of the Navy to determine finally whether the national military 

security permits the release, in whole or in part, of enemy 

scientific or industrial information~ 

l!\pproved for Release by NSA on 11-05-2014 pursuant to E.O. 1352e 
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EXECUTIVE ORDER 9604 

27 August 1945 

(As reported in the NEW YORK . TIMBS, 28 August 1945) 

By virtue of ,the authority.vested in·me by the Constitution 

and statutes as President of the United States and Commander 

in Chief of the Army and Navy, and in order to provide for 

the release and dieeem1nation or certain scientific and industrial information heretofore or hereafter obtained rrom the 

enemy by any department or agency ot this G.overmnent, to the 1 

end that 'such information inay be or maxim1lm benefit to the 

public, it 1a hereby ordered as tollOvs: · 

1. It is th~ policy of this G~vernment, subject to 

the requirements of national military security, tb.a.t there 

shall be prompt·, public, tree. and general d1srseJl1.nation of 

enemy scientific and industrial information. The expression "enemy scientific and industrial inf'orms.tion," aa ·used herein, 

is defined to comprise all 1ntormat1on concerning scientific, 

industrial and technological processes, 1nve~tions, methods, devices~ improvements and advances heretofore or hereatter 

obtained by any department or agency of this Government 1n 

enemy countries regardless of its origin, or in liberated 

areas .if such information is or· enemj origin or has been 

acquired or appropriated b7 the enemy. 

2. The scope ot the authority vested in the Director 

of War Mobilization and.Reconversion as chairman.of the 

publication board and 1n the publication board by1Executive Order No. 9568 of June 8, 1945, is extended to include enemy scientific and industrial information. The procedures outlined in Executive Order No. 9568, in so tar as applicable, 

are extended to the declass1f1cat1on, rele$ae and publication of enemy scientific $nd industrial 1ntormat1on. 

:;. Nothing.in this order shall be construed. to 

11m1t or modify the power of the Secretary ot War or the 

Secretarf of 'the Nav1 to determine finally vhether·the national· 

military security permits the release, in whole or in part, 

ot enemy scientific or 1ndustr1al·1ntormat1on.