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Re: RUL_let



At 12:15 AM 12/27/96 -0500, Brad Dolan wrote:
>On Thu, 26 Dec 1996, Lucky Green wrote:
>
>> At 08:11 PM 12/26/96 -0500, John Young wrote:
>> >
>> >"New encryption export rules probably won't be issued until early 
>> >next week" 
>> >
>> >   Rules probably won't be issued until just a day or 2 before they 
>> >   go into effect on January 1, officials said Monday.
>> 
>> Good move on part of the USG. It will keep public discussion to a minimum.
>> 
> 
>An acquaintance of mine moved here from Germany after the war.
>She says that, from her family's perspective, the first clear sign
>that things were seriously going to hell was that Hitler and his
>friends started issuing proclamations, effective almost immediately,
>dictating something else you could or could not do.  Later, the
>proclamations were made during the night and were effective instantly.


Sounds like "government regulations" today, doesn't it!


Jim Bell
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