United States Department of Commerce
					Bureau of Export Administration
					Washington, DC 20230



08/23/1997		VENABLE, BAETJER, HOWARD
CCATS#: G007075		ATTN: THOMAS J. COOPER
PAGE NO:  1		& CIVILETTI
			1201 NEW YORK AVE N. W.
			WASHINGTON, DC 20005

The following information is in response to your inquiry of 07/23/1997 requesting licensing information for:
ItemExport Control Classification Number and ParagraphLicense Exceptions Available Country Chart Column (reason for control)LVS Dollar Value Limit
1) DISKETTE CONTAINS: DES, ENIGMA, FEAL-8, FEAL-NX IDEA, LOKI91, LUCIFER, MD5, N-HASH, NEWDES, REDOC3, SHARING(SECRET SHARING) SHS, AND VIGENERE. 5D002NS1 AT1

COMMENTS FROM LICENSING OFFICER:

ITEM #1: A BLANK DISKETTE IS CLASSIFIED UNDER EAR99. A DISKETTE THAT CONTAINS SOFTWARE CONTROLLED UNDER 5D002 IS CLASSIFIED UNDER 5D002. THE N-HASH, MD5, SHS, OF THE ABOVE LISTED ITEMS ARE CLASSIFIED UNDER EAR99. THE REMAINING ITEMS ARE CLASSIFIED UNDER 5D002. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LETTER TO MESSRS. BASS AND COOPER FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

See the other side of this form for information on determining which countries require a license for the above items. For shipments to these destinations, an export license is required from the Bureau of Export Administration.

Items otherwise eligible for export or reexport under a License Exception or NLR (no license required) and used in the design, development, production or use of nuclear, chemical or biologicl [sic] weapons or missiles require a license for export or reexport as provided in part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). 

JOSEPH L. YOUNG					FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING
DIVISION DIRECTOR				THIS CLASSIFICATION CONTACT
						PATRICIA M. SEFCIK
						PHONE #: (202) 482-0707
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