REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS TRAINED IN FOREIGN ESPIONAGE SYSTEMS

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84TH CONGRESS SENATE REPORT
2d Session I No. 2719'
REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS TRAINED IN
FOREIGN ESPIONAGE SYSTEMS
Mr. EASTLAND, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted
the following
REPORT
The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill
(H. R. 3882) to require the registration of certain persons who have
knowledge of or have received instruction or assignment in the espio-
nage, counterespionage, or sabotage service or tactics of a foreign
government or foreign political party, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment
and recommends that the bill do pass.
The purpose of the bill is to repeal section 20 (a) of the Internal
Security Act of 1950 (which is also sec. 1 (c) (5) of the Foreign Agents
Registration Act of 1938, as amended), and substitute therefor a sep-
arate registration statute unconnected with the Foreign Agents
Registration Act, which will require the registration of those persons
who have knowledge of or have received an assignment in the espionage
or sabotage service or tactics of a foreign government or a foreign
political party, without regard to any present agency status of such
persons.
The report of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives (Rcpt. 601, 84th Cong., 1st sess.) contains a compre-
hensive history and analysis of this legislation, as well as pertinent
correspondence from the interested departments and agencies of the
Government, and for this reason it is unnecessary to set forth those
items here.
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CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW
in compliance with subsection (4) of rule XXIX of the Standing
Rules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by the bill, as
reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted
is enclosed in black brackets, new law in italics, existing law in which
no change is proposed is shown in roman) :
(64 Stat. 1005)
EC. 20. The Act of Junin 8, 1,938 (52 Stat. 631; 22 > T. S. C. 611-621),
entitled "An Act to require the registration of certain persons em-
ployed by agencies to disseminate propaganda in the United States,
at)(-[ for other purposes", as amended, is hereby fur~her amended as
follows:
[(a) Strike out the word "and" at the end of siection 1 (c) (;),
insert the word "and" at the end of section 1 (c) (4), and add the
following paragraph immediately after section 1 (c) (4):
["(5) any person who has knowledge of or has received instruction
or assignment in the espionage, counterespionage, orbsabotage service
or tactics of a government of a foreign country or of foreign political
party, unless such knowledge, instruction, or assignment has been
acquired by reason of civilian, military, or police service with the
United States Government, the governments of the several States,
their political subdivisions, the District of Columbian the Territories
the Canal Zone, or the insular possessions, or unlessf such knowledge
has been acquired solely by r,~ason of academic or jaersonal interest
not under the supervision of or in preparation for Service with the
government of a foreign country or a foreign political party or unless,
by reason of employment at any time by an agenct of the United
States Government having responsibilities in the lieldl of intelligence,
such person has made full written disclosure of su0h knowledge or
instruction to officials within sueh agency, such disclosure has been
made a matter of record in the files of such agenc4, and a written
determination has been made, by the Attorney General or the Director
of Central Intelligence that registration would not bka in the interest
of national security ;
[(b)] Except as provided in section 3 of this Act, Nvery person who
has knowledge of, or has received instruction or astignmcnt in, the
espionage, counterespionage, or sabotage service or tactics; of a government
of a. foreign country or of a foreign political party, shall register with the
Attorney General by filing with the Attorney General a registration state-
ment in duplicate, under oath, prepared and filed in sloth manner and
form, and containing such statements, information, or documents pertinent
to the purposes and objectiv4s of this Act as the Attorne~ General, having
due regard for the national security and the public interest, by regulations
prescribes.
SEC. 3. The registration requirements of section 2 of this Act do not
apply to any person--
(a) who has obtained knowledge of or received instruction or
assignment in the espionage, counterespionage, or sabotage service
or tactics of a foreag> government or foreign political party by
reason of civilian, military, or police service or employment with
the United States Government, the governments of the several States,
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their political subdivisions, the District of Columbia, the Territories,
or the Canal Zone;
(b) who has obtained such knowledge solely by reason of academic
or personal interest not under the supervision of or in preparation for
service with the government of a foreign country or a foreign political
party;
(c) who has made full disclosure of such knowledge, instruction,
or assignment to officials within an agency of the United States
Government having responsibilities in the field of intelligence, which
disclosure has been made a matter of record in the files of such
agency, and concerning whom a written determination has been
made by the Attorney General or the Director of Central Intelligence
that registration would not be in the interest of national security;
(d) whose knowledge of, or receipt of instruction or assignment
in, the espionage, counterespionage, or sabotage service or tactics of
a government of a foreign country or of a foreign political party, is
a matter of record in the files of an agency o f the United States
Government having responsibilities in the field of intelligence and
concerning whom a written determination is made by the Attorney
General or the Director of Central Intelligence, based on all informa-
tion available, that registration would not be in the interest of national
security;
(e) who is a duly accredited diplomatic or consular officer of a
foreign government, who is so recognized by the Department of State,
while he is engaged exclusively in activities which are recognized by
the Department of State as being within the scope of the functions of
such officer, and any member of his immediate family who resides
with him;
(f) who is an ofcial of a foreign government recognized by the
United States, whose name and status and the character of whose
duties as such official are of record in the Department of State, and
while he is engaged exclusively in activities which are recognized
by the Department of State as being within the scope of the. functions
of such official, and any member of his immediate family who resides
with him:
(g) who is a member of the staff of or employed by a duly ac-
credited diplomatic or consular officer of a foreign government who is
so recognized by the Department of State, and whose name and status
and the character of whose duties as such member or employee are a
matter of record in the Department of State, while he is engaged
exclusively in the performance of activities recognized by the De-
partment of State as being within the scope of the functions of such
member or employee:
(h) who is an officially acknowledged and sponsored representa-
tive of a foreign government and is in the United States on an official
mission for the purpose of conferring or otherwise cooperating with
United States intelligence or security personnel;
(i) who is a civilian or one of the military personnel of a foreign
armed service coming to the United States pursuant to arrangements
made under a mutual defense treaty or agreement, or who has been
invited to the United States at the request of an agency of the United
States Government; or
(j) who is a person designated by a foreign government to serve
as its representative in or to an international organization in which
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the United States participates or is an officer or employee of such
an organization or', who is a member of the immediate family of,
and resides with, such a representative, ofacer, or employee.
SEC. 4. The Attorney General shall retain in permanent form one
copy of all registration statements filed under this Act. They shall be
public records and open, to public examination at such reasonable hours
and under such regulations as the Attorney General escribes, except that
the Attorney General, having due regard for the national security and
public interest, may withdraw any registration statement from public
examination.
SEC. 5. The Attorne General may at any time, males, prescribe,
amend, and rescind such rules, regulations, and forms as he deems
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 6. (a) Whoever willfully violates any provision of this Act or
any regulation thereund1r, or in any registration statement willfully
-makes a false statement of a material fact or willfully; omits any material
fact, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or impr21soned for not more
than five years, or both.
(b) Any alien convicted of a violation of this Ac~ or any regulation
thereunder is subject to deportation in the manner pr vuled by chapter 5,
title II, of the Immigratign and Nationality Act (66 ~ tat. 16).
SEC. 7. Failure to file a registration statement as required by this
,Act is a continuing cfeuse for as long as such fail re exists, notwith-
standing any statute of limitation or other statute to the contrary.
SFC. 8. Compliance with the registration provisions of this Act does
,not relieve any person frdrn compliance with any- other applicable regis-
tration statute.
SEC. 9. If any provisioQn of this Act or the application thereof to any
person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and
the application of such provisions to other persons 0 circumstances, is
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