TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ORGANIZATIONS

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• Publication Date: September 18, 1981
• Content Type: MEMO

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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
Deputy Director for National Foreign Assossmont
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
NFAC #5862-
18 September 1981
VIA: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Technology Transfer Organizations
1. As you are aware, we have been eferiissuesoofNsuchainterestotouthey
might better address the technology trans
Reagan Administration. Accordingly, as part of the larger reorganization of
I have established a Technology Transfer Center, to be
located ionall in the Office of Scientific and Weapons Research
located now underway,
(OSWR). NFAC/OSWR, the current Chairman of the DCI Science
n e ce Committee, will be reassigned as Director of the
and Technology
Center. About 20 analysts and support personnel will befassigneditoethe
OSWR, but also from the r
Center, drawing especially from
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man the NFAC Technology
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In addition, I have asked to re
Transfer Referent and, with your permissiontoo become Chai ten aogynewtrans C1
Committee on Technology Transfer. The interagency
fer being prepared for the Senate Select Committee oncIntelligeIceo ecmmenon
the establishment of such a Committee, expanding the
xchan es (COMEX) for that purpose. COMEX would become onewouldhe functional
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subcommittees of the new Committee, and staff
staff.
3. If you approve, we will prepare the appropriate charter which
through the principals of NFIB.
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Admiral Inman could then promulga
'bohn N. McMahon
APPROVE establishment of DCI Committee on Technology Transfer
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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Deputy Director for National Foreign Assessment
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Establishment of DCI Technology Transfer
Intelligence Coimnitteel
REFERENCE: DD/NFA Memo to the DCI dtd 18 September 1981,
Subject: Technology Transfer Organizations
As noted in the above reference, the DCI approved on 28 September 1981
the establishment of a DCI Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee (TTIC).
Attached is the proposed Charter of the new Committee and a covering
memorandum which you may want to circulate to the NFIB Principals.
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The Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
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SUBJECT: Establishment of DCI Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee
1. The DCI has approved the establishment of a new DCI Technology
Transfer Intelligence Committee (TTIC). The Committee will coordinate
the Intelligence Community interests in US Government programs and
activities concerning international technology transfer and will
produce assessments of the significance of legal, illegal, and
clandestine transfer of advanced technology and equipment.
2. The Committee will be chaired by Chief of the
NFAC Technology Transfer Assessment Center. Membership on the Committee
will be comprised of NFIB member representatives, nominated by the NFIB
Principals.
3. The Committee on Exchanges (COMEX) will be one of the sub-
committees of the TTIC. Another subcommittee will be established to
deal with other export control issues.
4. Attached for your information is the prepared Charter of the
DCI Technology Transfer Committee. I encourage your support to this
endeavor emphasizing that its success is highly dependent upon the
caliber of membership selected to support the Committee's activities.
B. R. INMAN
Admiral, U.S. Navy
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CONFIDENTIAL
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CHARTER
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER INTELLIGENCE COMvIITTEE
Pursuant to the National Security Act of 1947, Executive Order 12036
or successor orders and National Security Council Intelligence Directives,
a Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee (TTIC) is hereby established
as a standing Director of Central Intelligence Committee with the following
mission and functions.
1. Mission
The mission of the Committee on Technology Transfer, under the
general guidance of the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, is to
coordinate Intelligence Community interests in US Government programs
and activities concerning international technology transfers. The
Committee will produce assessments of the significance of legal,
illegal, and clandestine transfers of advanced technology and equipment.
The functions of the committee are:
(a) To advise the DCI and other Intelligence Community
officials of issues, problems, and activities related to the
effectiveness of the Intelligence Community's roles in the
support of US Government activities designed to limit unwanted
technology transfer.
(b) As directed, to prepare intelligence assessments for
use by other US Government authorities containing analyses of
the significance of the mechanisms of technology transfer and
the impact of such transfer on the military and economic
capabilities of recipient countries.
(c) To advise the Department of State and other elements
of the US Government on all foreign intelligence considerations
concerned with exchange programs and commercial contacts involving
nationals from designated countries. This advice may include
evaluation of the probable technical gain or loss and intelligence
gain from a specific proposed, ongoing, or contemplated exchange
or commercial visit.
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(d) To propose additional exchanges or amendments to existing
exchanges, recommend itineraries, arrange for briefings and debriefings
of US exchange participants, and alert appropriate committee members
regarding visits and visitors of special interest.
(e) To provide coordinated Intelligence Community assessments
on export control matters to the Departments of Commerce, State,
Treasury, and Defense and other agencies regarding the implications
for the recipient countries and for foreign suppliers of the pro-
spective sale or other transfer of high technology-goods or technical
data.
(f) To provide Intelligence Community information and analysis
to appropriate US Government organizations regarding diversions of
high technology goods or technical data from end uses, and the
expected military and economic impact of such diversions.
(g) To monitor intelligence information regarding the efforts
of selected foreign countries to directly or indirectly use illegal
means, including clandestine operations, to acquire sensitive and
controlled US and equivalent Western technologies, and to provide
analyses of such activities to appropriate US Government organizations
concerned with countermeasures, including counter-intelligence
organizations.
(h) To encourage intelligence information collectors to acquire
relevant information concerning the efforts of foreign countries to
directly or indirectly acquire sensitive and controlled US or
equivalent Western technologies. To facilitate the exchange of
useful information between collectors and intelligence analysts,
encouraging the development of collection requirements, and the
provision of reporting evaluations, as necessary.
(i) To work with the departments and agencies concerned with
exchanges and trade controls to ensure that information and analyses
provided by the Intelligence Community is adequate and useful; also
to encourage these recipient organizations to provide Community
analysts and collectors with useful feedback, including information
useful for intelligence but gathered by these organizations for
other reasons.
(j) To participate in various interagency forums dealing with
technology transfer problems.
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3. Intelligence Community Responsibilities
(a) Upon request of the committee chairman, Intelligence
Community organizations shall furnish to the committee within
established security safeguards particular information or material
needed by the committee and pertinent to its functions.
(b) Intelligence Community organizations shall advise the
committee chairman of their foreign intelligence interests and/or
actions contemplated which may affect the Department of State,
the committee or other components of the Intelligence Community
carrying on activities based on the foreign intelligence collection
opportunities afforded by exchanges, commercial contacts, or other
technology transfer mechanisms.
4. Composition, Organization and Rules of Procedure
The composition, organization and rules of procedure of the
Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee are those stated in
DCID 1/3.
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2 November 1981
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Intelligence Community Staff
FROM : Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT : Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee
1. With the Director's approval of the establishment of the Technology
Transfer Intelligence Committee, I would like for you now to draft a proposed
DCID establishing the Committee and spelling out its mission and functions.
Generally speaking, the Committee should be the organizational focal point
within the Intelligence Community on the technology transfer problem. It
should be the principal source of support on technology transfer issues for
the policy agencies. It also is the appropriate place to ensure that infor-
mation collected on technology transfer is consistent with such guidance as
STIC's "Intelligence Priorities for Sciences and Technologies 1980s."
2. NFAC has prepared the attached proposed statement of mission and
functions. I believe it is a very good start. I would like for you and your
Staff to review what NFAC has prepared, incorporate your own ideas, and forward
the proposed DCID to the DCI through me, preferably by mid-November.
1B. R. NMAN
Admiral, U. S. Navy
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
VIA : Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM : Walter Elder
Executive Secretary
SUBJECT : Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee
REFERENCE : DDCI Memorandum to D/ICS, 2 November 1981
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1. Action Requested: That you approve the attached Director of
Central Intelligence Directive (DCID) formally establishing the Technology
Transfer Intelligence Committee (TTIC).
That you also approve the disestablishment of the Committee on
Exchanges (COMEX) by signing the attached memorandum rescinding DCID
2/6.
2. Background: In response to the DDCI's request of 2 November
1981, the draft DCID prepared by NFAC has been reviewed. The resultant
DCID has been concurred in by the D/ICS, by the Chairman and Executive
Secretary, TTIC, by the members of COMEX, and by the Office of General
Counsel.
The DCID, as proposed, is modeled on the following:
- DCI notice reconstituting the NFIB and
establishing the NFIC;
- DCI notice chartering the Critical Intelligence
Problems Committee; and
- DCID 1/5 on National Intelligence Warning.
(These are attached for your background information.)
The DCID is intended to establish the mission and a broad
outline of functions. It is not intended to prescribe specific procedural
details.
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The DCID cites the National Security Act of 1947 and the new
Executive Order as its sole authorities. The NSCID's are not relevant
and are not cited.
The TTIC is not designated as a DCI, NFIB, or NFIC committee.
It can function without any of these specifications.
The Intelligence Community has been informed that the TTIC is
in place. The DCID requires no formal concurrence.
The DCID can be approved without awaiting promulgation of the
new Executive Order. Publication of the printed version can await the
assignment of a number to the Executive Order.
This is the first step on the road towards reviewing the
Intelligence Community's directive structure. More steps are being
taken, and the results will be submitted soon for your consideration.
Director of Central Intelligence
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Director of Central Intelligence Directive
Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 102, the National Security Act of
1947, and Executive Order , there is established a Technology Transfer
Intelligence Committee.
1. Mission
The mission of the Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee (TTIC) is to
serve as the focal point within the Intelligence Community on all technology
transfer issues. The Committee will coordinate Community activities and will
be the principal source of support for those US Government entities charged
with the responsibility for policy and action on technology transfer issues.
The Committee will work with other Intelligence Community committees and
appropriate agencies to ensure that intelligence information collected on
technology transfer is consistent with the DCI's priorities and guidance and
meets the needs of Community production organizations.
2. Definitions
Technology transfer encompasses all movements of advanced US and
equivalent Western technology and equipment with implications for US security
by enhancing the military and economic capabilities of recipient countries.
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Technology transfer intelligence includes the collection, processing,
analysis, production and dissemination activities of the Intelligence Community
designed to support US Government departments and agencies with policy and
enforcement responsibilities.
Exchange programs and commercial contacts include all exchanges and visits
by nationals from designated foreign countries which provide the potential for
an intelligence or technical gain or loss.
3. Functions
Under the general guidance of the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence,
the Committee will:
a. Advise the DCI on the effectiveness of the Intelligence
Community's role in support of US Government policy on technology transfer
issues.
b. As directed, prepare coordinated intelligence assessments on the
significance of technology transfer and, as appropriate, their
implications for US national security.
c. Advise appropriate US Government departments and agencies of the
technology transfer implications and foreign intelligence equities
involved in exchange programs and commercial contacts with designated
foreign nationals and recommend changes as appropriate.
d. Provide foreign intelligence support on export control issues to
appropriate US Government agencies.
e. Monitor all technology transfer intelligence concerning foreign
efforts to acquire US and Western technology and provide appropriate
analyses to US Government organizations concerned with protection and
countermeasure, including counterintelligence organizations.
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f. Provide priority guidance to collection systems on technology
transfer issues.
g. Establish an exchange of information with all departments and
agencies concerned with the technology transfer problem to ensure that the
utility of the Intelligence Community's activities is maintained.
4. Responsibilities of the Intelligence Community
a. On request of the committee chairman, Intelligence Community elements
shall, within established security safeguards, provide information pertinent to
the committee's mission and functions.
b. Intelligence Community components will keep the committee chairman
advised of their specific foreign intelligence equities and of actions which
might provide foreign intelligence collection opportunities.
5. Composition and Organization
The Committee chairman will be appointed by the Director of Central
Intelligence.
The members of the Committee will be representatives designated by the
National Foreign Intelligence Council principals.
The Committee on Exchanges (COMEX) will be a subcommittee of the TTIC.
Other subcommittees will be established as required.
With the approval of the DCI, the Committee chairman may invite
representatives of relevant US Government entitites with national security
interests to participate as appropriate.
The Committee will be supported by an Executive Secretariat.
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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE
Under the general guidance of the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, the
Committee will:
a. Advise the DCI on the effectiveness of the Intelligence Community's role in
support of US Government policy on technology transfer issues.
b. As directedj..prepare coordinated intelligence assessments on the significance
of technology transfe and, as appropriate, their implications for US national security.
c. Advise appropriate US Government departments and agencies of the
technology transfer implications and foreign intelligence equities involved in exchange
programs and commercial contacts writhi essigmted4erei'n national[[s^and recommend
changes as appropriate.
d. Provide foreign intelligence support on export control issues to appropriate
US Government agencies.
e. Monitor all technology transfer intelligence concerning foreign efforts to
acquire US and Western technology and provide appropriate analyses to US Govern-
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Pursuant to thejirgvisions of Section 102, the National Security Act of 1947, and
Executive Order 12333, there is established a Technology Transfer Intelligence
Committee.
The mission of the Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee (TTIC) is to
serve as the focal point within the intelligence Community on all technology transfer
issues. The Committee will coordinate Community activities and will be the principal
source oT'support for those US Government entities charged with the responsibility for
policy and action on technology transfer issues. The Committee will work with other
Intelligence Community committees and appropriate agencies to ensure that intelli-
gence information collected on technology transfer is consistent with the DCI's
priorities and guidance and meets the needs of Community production organizations.
Technology transfer encompasses all movements of advanced US and equivalent
Western Technology and equipment with implications for US security by enhancing
the military and economic capabilities of recipient countries.
Technology transfer intelligence includes the collection, processing, analysis,
production and dissemination activities of the intelligence Community designed to
support US Government departments and agencies with policy and enforcement
responsibilities.
Exchange programs and commercial contacts include all exchanges and visits by
nationals from designated foreign countries which provide the potential for an
intelligence or tecl?ee4 gain or loss.
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ment organizations concerned with protection and countermeasureAincluding counter-
intelligence organizations.
f. Provide priority guidance to collection systems on technology transfer issues.
g. Establish an exchange of information with all departments and agencies
concerned with the technology transfer problem to ensure that the utility of the
Intelligence Community's activities is maintained.
4. Responsibilities of the Intelligence Community
a. On request of the committee chairman, Intelligence Community elements
shall, within established security safeguards, provide information pertinent to the
committee's mission and functions.
b. Intelligence Community components will keep the committee chairman
advised of their specific foreign intelligence equities and of actions which might
provide foreign intelligence collection opportunities.
5. Composition and Organization
The Committee chairman will be appointed by the Director of Central
Intelligence.
The members of the Committee will be representatives designated by the
National Foreign Intelligence Council principals.
The Committee on Exchanges (COMEX) will be a subcommittee of the TTIC.
Other subcommittees will be established as required.
With the approval of the DCI, the Committee chairman may invite representa-
tives of relevant US Government entities with national security interests to participate
as appropriate.
The Committee will be supported by an Executive Secretariat
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