Whereas it is desirable to take precautions to insure the enforcement of said order insofar as it relates to the transmission of code and cipher messages by high-powered stations capable of trans-Atlantic communication;
Executive Order 2042—Taking Over High-Power Radio Station for Use of the Government
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