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restrictions on cryptographic information in view of the close relations
we had with the Americans in the field of communications security and
intelligence. On the other hand, if we went for a European system we
could not achieve an adequate standards of security and interoperability
with Mallard without releasing United States' cryptographic information,
which would imperil our association with the Americans in cryptography and
the intelligence field generally.
The Committee
Approved OPD(67) 59.
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