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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP57-00384R001000070044-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 44
• Content Type: REGULATION

Approved For Release 2000/08/25: CIA-RDP57-00384R001000070044-8
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To amend section 605 of the Communications Act of 1931 in order to increase
the security of the United States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 605 of the
Act of June 19, 19311, entitled "An Act To provide for the regulation of
interstate and foreign communication by wire or radio, and for other pur-
poses" (48 Stat. 1103), as amended, is hereby further amended by striking
therefrom the period at the end of said section and substituting therefor a
colon followed by the words t "Provided further, That this section shall not
apply to the interception, receipt, or utilization, in the interests of
national security, of the contents of any communication, by wire or radio, of
any foreign government by departments and agencies designated by the President
for this purpose under such rules and regulations as may be approved by the
President, and all carriers subject to this Act are hereby authorized to
permit such interception, receipt, or utilization of the contents of any such
communication by mire or radio. The term 'foreign government' as used in
this section shall be construed to include in its meaning any person or per-
sons acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of any faction, party,
department, agency, bureau, or military force of or within a foreign country,
or for or on behalf of any government or any person or persons purporting to
act as a government within a foreign country, whether or not such government
is recognized by the United States."
Approved For Release 2000/08/25: CIA-RDP57-00384R001000070044-8