The Act provides that these reports 'shall be public records and open to public examination and inspection,' 22 U.S.C. The Justice Department regulations implementing the latter provision require the agent to report the name of each individual or group receiving 100 copies or more of the material and in addition, in the case of a film, the name of each 'station, organization, or theater using' the film, the dates the film was shown, and the estimated attendance. The statute further provides that this notification shall be accompanied by a statement 'setting forth full information as to the places, times, and extent of such transmittal.' 22 U.S.C. with reference to the political or public interests, policies, or relations' of a foreign government or political party or the foreign policy of the United States, 22 U.S.C. prevail upon, indoctrinate, convert, induce, or in any other way influence a recipient or any section of the public. 'Political propaganda' is defined to include any form of communication 'reasonably adapted to.

The dispute before us concerns a separate provision of the Act, which requires a registered foreign agent to notify the Justice Department within forty-eight hours after it transmits or causes to be transmitted 'any political propaganda for or in the interests of foreign principal.' 22 U.S.C.

The NFBC's status as a registered agent is not contested on this appeal, nor is the constitutionality of the registration provisions just described.

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