Woodrow Wilson actually said...

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;

Context

Executive Order 2042—Taking Over High-Power Radio Station for Use of the Government

09/04/1914

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