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Using asymmetric Fourier transform techniques, the rotational line strengths, and hence, the dipole moment of HCl have been measured. Our value for the dipole moment is $1.134\pm 0.015$ Debye. These data may be used with absorption data to give line widths. This work was supported, in part, by a contract between the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories and The Ohio State University Research Foundation.