COCOM

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CIA-RDP01M00147R000100020002-3
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RIFPUB
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S
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3
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December 22, 2016
Document Release Date: 
July 27, 2011
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2
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Publication Date: 
June 11, 1973
Content Type: 
MEMO
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Approved For Release 2011/07/27: CIA-RDP01M00147R000100020002-3 wN~nirvC;TOtV, D.C. 20506 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 Approved For Release 2011/07/27: CIA-RDP01M00147R000100020002-3 Approved For Release 2011/07/27: CIA-RDP01M00147R000100020002-3 SECRET and to simplifying ti censin effective enforcement mechano m ols to the extent consistent with an provided for in the Export Administration The echnical advisor this will Act should be ut lgzedpwhere make a contribution to reviewing the embargo lists. uon,. A iy ?' A. Kisj1rlgcr The Secretary of Treasury The Director of Central Intelligence The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff The Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs SECRET Approved For Release 2011/07/27: CIA-RDP01M00147R000100020002-3 -' ----- _ 1 1 -'-*)E NT I A -T i .C~) a~?~,i~ ate. ~y OFFICIAL POUTING SLIP FORM M 1_670. 237 --~~ Use previous editions Approved For Release 2011/07/27: CIA-RDP01M00147R000100020002-3 Approved For Release 2011/07/27: CIA-RDP01M00147R000100020002-3 _l:Pg0 r'. WILL CiiECT ASSii-ICATION T it 1CL%SS!F3F.il ~~ OP A140 BOTTOM /7;