Disposition Authorities for Individual Classifications for Headquarters Case Files. Part B: Classification 97. Foreign Agents Registration Act.

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Disposition Authorities for Individual Classifications for Headquarters Case Files. Part B: Classification 97. Foreign Agents Registration Act.

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The Bureau opened this classification in 1939 to document violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938. The Act requires "foreign propagandists" or "agents of a foreign principal" engaged in distributing propaganda to register with the State Department. In 1950, the Bureau investigated persons who failed to register under Section 20 of the Internal Security Act requiring registration of persons having knowledge of espionage, counter-espionage, or sabotage service or tactics of the government of a foreign country. This classification according to the "00" file, should contain only individuals. Organizations are covered under the Voorhis Act, Classification 102. However, organizations have been listed since early in the history of the classification.

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The FBI established this classification when it assumed responsibility for ascertaining the protection capabilities and weaknesses of defense plants. Each plant survey was a separate case file, with the survey, supplemental surveys, and all communications dealing with a plant insofar as plant protection was concerned, filed together. On June 1, 1941, and January 5, 1942, the Navy and Army, respectively, assumed responsibility for surveying defense plants in which they had interests. Thereafter, ...