COCOM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP01M00147R000100020002-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 11, 1973
• Content Type: MEMO

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June 11, 1973
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
National Security,, Decision Memorandum 222
The Secretary of State
The Acting Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of Commerce
SUBJECT: COCOM
The President has considered the views of the Departments of State,
Commerce, and Defense presented in the Under Secretaries Com-
mittee memorandum of January 30, 1973 and has made the following
decisions:
1. The United States shall continue to support the CCICOM system
in its present form as the primary mechanism for multilateral
coordination of the control of exports of strategically sensitive
products and technology to the Communist counOies.
2. The Economic Defense Advisory Committee shall adopt a more
formalized decision-making procedure as recommended in the
USC report to ensure that inter-agency differences on COCOM
matters are resolved within a reasonable period of time.
3. EDAC shall begin at the earliest practicable time to develop the
basic U. S. rationale for the next List Review. In preparing for
the List Review, the EDAC should seek to maintain the list at a
level which will be supported by other COCOM .nations and which
will permit a smooth expansion of non-strategic trade with the
Communist nations, consistent with decisions contained in NSDM
212. At the same time, it should seek to retain controls on
prpducts and technology of significant strategic importance.
Consideration shall be given to the advisability of increasing
de minimis levels for cases which must be submitted to COCOM
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effective enforcement mechano m ols to the extent consistent with an
provided for in the Export Administration The echnical advisor
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make a contribution to reviewing the embargo lists.
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The Secretary of Treasury
The Director of Central Intelligence
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Assistant to the President for
International Economic Affairs
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