TRADE CONTROLS BRANCH MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 1958

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: October 31, 1958
• Content Type: PERRPT

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31 October 1958
TRADE CONTROLS BRANCH
MONTHLY REPORT for
October 1958
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A. Accomplishments
1. During the current month, the Trade Controls Branch
furnished intelligence information required for the interagency
review of a number of exceptions cases involving COMM and US
unilateral controls., respectively. In addition, intelligence
information was furnished as requested to aid in resolving certain
definitions problems which have thus far. stalled COCOM agree-
ment for continued control over the items concerned. The Branch
has also reviewed informally the determinations of the Secretary
of Commerce as to the revised coverage of the unilateral US
Security Export Control List (SELL).
2. An alphabetical index to commodities on the Atomic Energy
List, the Munitions List and International Lists I and IV is
being prepared.
3. Support was given the Department of State representative
on the interagency Diversion Control Panel (DCP) in the documenta-
tion of a number of diversion cases to be discussed at the forth-
coming meeting of the COCOM Subcommittee on Export Controls.
#. Support was provided on a continuing basis for BFC investi-
gations of attempted diversions of electronic equipment and parts
via Latin American countries. Information provided by STD and
other parts of ORR resulted in the Department of Commerce's
extension of validated licensing requirements for the export of
gravimeters to Latin America.
5. Support was extended to DD/P, (a) in the continuing attempt
to recruit an East-West trader as "double agent"; and (b) in pro-
viding briefings on legal and illegal East-West trade back round
to CIA rsonnel preparing for overseas assignment.
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6. Intelligence support was provided as necessary to EDAC WG II
on 24 Administrative Action cases; a memorandum concerning numerous
Soviet Bloc efforts to obtain aircraft equipment from a US manu-
facturer was disseminated to DCP; and 15 requests for name intelli-
gence were serviced for the Department
Treasury, and for DD/P and OCR.
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rted for duty on 20 October 1958.
aking an 0TR Russian language course.
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1. is taking the ORR training course on
Intelligence Research (Techniques).
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7. Intelligence was also provided to (a) ACEP Operating
Committee on 4Polish exception requests and 7 other cases; (b)
EDAC WG I on 7 Polish exception requests and 14 other cases
including both exception requests and problems of redefinition;
and (c) the Office of the DD/I in connection with 3 Port Security
cases.
8. A total of 2,206 documents were received in the Branch
and scanned and 193 of these were selected for multiple carding;
3 evaluations were made of CS documents; 10 clearances of CS
and 00 documents were obtained at the request of outside agencies.
9. A report was prepared for use as background in subsequent
OOCOM negotiations entitled, Status of Export Control Problems
on Rolling Mills.
B. Meetings Attended: Port Security (1); ACEP Operating
Committee (3); EDAC WG I (7); EDAC WG I Ad Hoc Subcommittee on
List Coverage of Metal Alloy (1); EDAC WG II (1); EDAC WG II (AAP)
(2).
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attended refresher courses
in typing and shorthand, respectively.
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