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Department documents released to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) illustrate the extensive travels of Ambassador David Aaron, President Clinton's former Special Envoy for Cryptography, during 1996 and 1997. On 6 November 1996, Aaron became the Under Secretary of Commerce for international trade. Aaron was charged by the Clinton administration with selling the concept of the unpopular key escrow/key recovery initiatives to governments around the world. This was in addition to his other duties as Permanent Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.
Contrary to statements by Aaron and other administration officials, the newly-released documents indicate that many foreign governments were either opposed to the US encryption initiatives, reluctant to make any quick decisions to adopt key escrow, or were not sufficiently informed on the matter to make a decision at all. Even before Aaron was appointed Clinton's 'Special Envoy for Cryptography', US State Department messages indicate that the US was making overtures to various countries via American embassies around the world. These include the diplomatic posts in Canberra,
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