ARMY AIR FORCES
MATERIEL CENTER
OFFICE OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL
WRITE FIELD, DAYTON, OHIO
May 25, 1942
SUBJECT: Annual Secrecy Agreement
TO: Professor Linus Pauling,
c/o California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, California
It is requested that the original of the attached Annual Secrecy Agreement
be promptly signed and returned to the Commanding General, Army Air Forces Materiel
[sic] Center, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. The duplicate thereof, together with sample
form of receipt, is for your file.
2. This Secrecy Agreement will cover any classified military information
that may be furnished to you by this activity during a period of one year from the
date of signing. Should you not be familiar with the proper method of handling classified
military information, it is recommended that you obtain Army Regulations No. 380-5
from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C., at a cost of ten cents (10¢)
per copy. This publication contains pertinent extracts of the law as referred to in
paragraph "E" of the above mentioned agreement.
3. When SECRET, CONFIDENTIAL, and/or RESTRICTED information is being furnished
to you in connection with the execution of a contract or in relation to a classified
project, a receipt will accompany each transaction. This receipt will then become
a part of the Annual Secrecy Agreement and is referred to as Exhibit "A", paragraph
one therein.
4. Particular attention is invited to paragraph "B" of the above referred
to agreement and the regulations quoted in part on the reverse side thereof, especially
in regard to the signing by a responsible officer and the typing or printing of the names of the signer and witness in the spaces provided
therefor.
For the Commanding General, Army Air Forces Materiel Center:
D.W. WINFREE,
Lt. Colonel, Air Corps,
Chief, Classified Data Branch.
Incl:
Secy Agr. (in dup.)
Receipt, Exhibit "A"
Form Letter
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Army Air Forces
Materiel Center
WRIGHT FIELD, DAYTON, OHIO
May 25, 1942
Professor Linus Pauling,
c/o California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, California
ANNUAL SECRECY AGREEMENT
In consideration of the receipt of drawings, specifications, and accompanying inclosures
[sic], models or materiel [sic], and information disclosed orally, concerning projects
of a secret, confidential, or restricted nature, delivered to the undersigned prior
to or coincident with the date of this agreement and listed on Exhibit "A" which is
attached hereto and made a part hereof, or to be issued to the undersigned subsequent
to the date of this agreement, the following terms are agreed to on behalf of the
undersigned individual, firm, or corporation, and any and all representatives, agents,
employees, or subbidders or subcontractors thereof:
A. The undersigned will neither supply nor disclose any information regarding th drawings,
specifications, and accompanying inclosures, or models or meteriel, or information
disclosed orally, referred to herein to any unauthorized person, or incorporate in
other projects special features of design or construction peculiar to such drawings,
specifications, and accompanying inclosures, or models or materiel, or information
disclosed orally.
B. The undersigned will not permit any alien employed or to be employed by the undersigned
or by any subbidder or subcontractor to have access to the drawings, specifications,
and accompanying inclosures, or models or materiel referred to herein, or to engineering
principles, composition, subassemblies, or assemblies which are vital to the funcitoning
or use of ht earticle, without the written consent beforehand of the Secretary of
War.
C. The undersigned will not make or permit to be made reproductions of the drawings,
specifications, and accompanying inclosures, or of the models or materiel except as
specifically authorized by the contracting officer or his duly authorized representative.
If reproduction of any drawings, specifications, and accompanying papers, or of models
or materiel, is authorized, the undersigned will promptly submit the product obtained
to the contracting officer or his duly authorized representative for censorship or
such other action as he may deem necessary.
D. If a bid is not submitted on a project of a secret, confidential, or restricted
nature as to which drawings, specifications, and accompanying inclosures, and models
or materiel have been issued to the undersigned, or if a bid is made and not accepted,
or in case award is made, upon the completion of the contract the undersigned will
promptly return by hand, by registered mail, or by insured express, such drawings,
specifications, and accompanying papers, or models or materiel, together with all
copies thereof, to the office from which the original copies were received.
E. (1) The undersigned agrees not to bring or cause to be brought to the attention
of all persons engaged in the preparation of the bid, whether submitted or not, including
subbidders and their employees, the following provisions of law:
Espionage Act: Subparagraphs (d) and (e) of section 1 of the act of June 15,
1917 (40 Stat. 217 ; 50 U.S.C. 31; M.L., 1939, sec. 2181), as amended by the act of
March 28, 1940 (Public, No. 443, 76th Cong.).
Section 1 of the act of January 12, 1938 (52 Stat. 2; 50 U.S.C. 45; M.L., 1939,
sec. 2187a). and Executive Order No. 8381, dated March 22, 1940 (sec. II, Bull. No.
3 1940), issued pursuant thereto.
Section 11 of the act of June 28, 1940 (Bull. No. 15, W.D., 1940).
2) If the successful bidder on any project, the undersigned agrees also to bring
or cause to be brought to the attention of all persons engaged in the performance
of the contract, including persons employed on subcontracts, the provisions of the
law enumerated in (1) above.
F. The undersigned further agrees that no information in connection with any secret,
confidential, or restricted project will be given to any person not in the contractor's
and/or subcontractor's employ except upon the written consent beforehand of the contracting
officer or his duly authorized representative.
WITNESSED BY:
Judith Rooke
BY Linus Pauling
ANNUAL SECRECY AGREEMENT
READ CONDITIONS ON REVERSE SIDE BEFORE SIGNING
Contractor's File Copy
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CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE SIGNING OF ANNUAL SECRECY AGREEMENT
Classified information concerning technical projects or developments may be imparted
only to persons in the military and naval services of the United States, including
civilian employees, who have a legitimate interest therein, and to American citizens
of known loyalty and discretion who of necessity must be informed because of their
cooperation in the work, project, or development.
Prior to finishing a prospective bidder or contractor with drawings, specifications,
or other pertinent information concerning any project or projects of a secret, confidential,
or restricted nature, and annually thereafter so long as such documents, etc., are
in his custody, a general secrecy agreement as shown on the face of his form will
be signed by a responsible officer of the corporation, if a corporation, (President, Vice-president, Secretary, Treasurer); by a partner, if a partnership; or by the individual, if the agreement is with an individual.
A private individual, firm, or corporation which enters into a contract to engage
in technical work for the War Department becomes responsible in matters within his
or its control for the safeguarding of all secret, confidential, or restricted matters
that may be disclosed or that may be developed in connection therewith. A clause
to this effect will be included in such a contract, but its omission will not release
the contractor from his responsibility under the Espionage Act.
Contractors are responsible that all classified projects alloted to subcontractors
or agents are fully protected by a similar agreement.
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Receipt for Classified Data
[5]
In consideration of the receipt of drawings, specifications, and accompanying inclosures,
models or materiel, and information disclosed orally, concerning projects of a secret,
confidential or restricted nature, delivered to the undersigned prior to or coincident
with the date of this agreement and listed on Exhibit "A" which is attached hereto
and mad e apart hereof, or to be following terms are agreed to on behalf of the undersigned
individual, firm, or corporation, and any and all representatives, agents, employees,
or subbidders or subcontractors thereof:
A. The undersigned will neither supply nor disclose any information regarding th drawings,
specifications, and accompanying inclosures, or models or meteriel, or information
disclosed orally, referred to herein to any unauthorized person, or incorporate in
other projects special features of design or construction peculiar to such drawings,
specifications, and accompanying inclosures, or models or materiel, or information
disclosed orally.
B. The undersigned will not permit any alien employed or to be employed by the undersigned
or by any subbidder or subcontractor to have access to the drawings, specifications,
and accompanying inclosures, or models or materiel referred to herein, or to engineering
principles, composition, subassemblies, or assemblies which are vital to the funcitoning
or use of ht earticle, without the written consent beforehand of the Secretary of
War.
C. The undersigned will not make or permit to be made reproductions of the drawings,
specifications, and accompanying inclosures, or of the models or materiel except as
specifically authorized by the contracting officer or his duly authorized representative.
If reproduction of any drawings, specifications, and accompanying papers, or of models
or materiel, is authorized, the undersigned will promptly submit the product obtained
to the contracting officer or his duly authorized representative for censorship or
such other action as he may deem necessary.
D. If a bid is not submitted on a project of a secret, confidential, or restricted
nature as to which drawings, specifications, and accompanying inclosures, and models
or materiel have been issued to the undersigned, or if a bid is made and not accepted,
or in case award is made, upon the completion of the contract the undersigned will
promptly return by hand, by registered mail, or by insured express, such drawings,
specifications, and accompanying papers, or models or materiel, together with all
copies thereof, to the office from which the original copies were received.
E. (1) The undersigned agrees not to bring or cause to be brought to the attention
of all persons engaged in the preparation of the bid, whether submitted or not, including
subbidders and their employees, the following provisions of law:
Espionage Act: Subparagraphs (d) and (e) of section 1 of the act of June 15,
1917 (40 Stat. 217 ; 50 U.S.C. 31; M.L., 1939, sec. 2181), as amended by the act of
March 28, 1940 (Public, No. 443, 76th Cong.).
Section 1 of the act of January 12, 1938 (52 Stat. 2; 50 U.S.C. 45; M.L., 1939,
sec. 2187a). and Executive Order No. 8381, dated March 22, 1940 (sec. II, Bull. No.
3 1940), issued pursuant thereto.
Section 11 of the act of June 28, 1940 (Bull. No. 15, W.D., 1940).
2) If the successful bidder on any project, the undersigned agrees also to bring
or cause to be brought to the attention of all persons engaged in the performance
of the contract, including persons employed on subcontracts, the provisions of the
law enumerated in (1) above.
F. The undersigned further agrees that no information in connection with any secret,
confidential, or restricted project will be given to any person not in the contractor's
and/or subcontractor's employ except upon the written consent beforehand of the contracting
officer or his duly authorized representative.
