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[Business Government Forum]{#busigov} [Source 5]
On 19-20 December 1995, a meeting was held at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, with governments, businesses and computer experts attending. According to an ICC press release, the "meeting ended in agreement that [encryption] controls should be kept to a minimum, consistent with the requirements of law enforcement and national security". Businesses agreed that independent trusted third parties could hold deposited keys, to which governments are allowed access under proper judicial warrant, provided sufficient safeguards are in place. Some governments appeared willing to relax export controls on strong cryptography as long as these safeguards applied. A second Business Government Forum on Global Cryptography Policy was held on 7 May 1996 in Washington, DC.