Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel June 19, 1941 (Presidential Control of Wireless and Cable Information Leaving the United States)

Presidential Control of Wireless and Cable

Information Leaving the United States

The President has authority under the Communications Act of 1934 to control any radio station so as to

prevent the transmission from the United States of any message, or part thereof, inimical to the

national security and foreign policy of the nation.