From: Matt Blaze <mab@crypto.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 94 22:09:25 PST
To: Phil Karn <karn@unix.ka9q.ampr.org>
Subject: Re: Zimmermann interrogated without counsel
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>There was supposed to be an exemption for temporary export of
>cryptography by US citizens for personal use overseas. At least it was
>announced last spring by Martha Harris at the State Dept.
>
>There's some confusion about whether the exemption ever actually took
>effect; the current consensus appears to be that it has not. So I
>guess you still have to go through the formality.
>
>Phil
>

According to our export guy (and also someone I spoke with at NIST)
that exemption is not yet in effect.

-matt