COMMODITY CATEGORIES UNDER SWISS LAW CONCERNING MANUFACTURE AND TRADE IN WAR MATERIALS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-00647A000100170013-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 18, 1998
• Sequence Number: 13
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved Nr Release -00647A0@0100170013-0
LTTACHMENT 2
COCOM Do,_(:,rzent 3690
Commodity Categories Under Swiss Law Concernin_'Manufacture and
Trade in War 'Materiels
Category I
1. Firearms with accessories and all instruments which can serve in the use
of these arms, except hunting; and sporting arms;
2. Launching and bomb-release instruments for military purposes;
3. Flame throwers and corresponding service instruments;
4. a. Ammunition for the arms under 1.) and for the launching; and bomb-
release instruments under 2.);
b. Explosive and incendiary bodies; explosives and powder;
c. Detonating agents and detonating, installations (fuse mechanisms);
5. Direction-finding; and sighting equipment; fire-control and ballistic
direction instruments;
6. Detecting instruments for mines and due's;
7. Searchlights for Ldlitary purposes;
g. Radar instruments;
9. Optical, acoustical and photographical equipment for military purposes;
10. Armored cars and special military vehicles, with or without armament;
11. Armor-plating for military purposes;
12. .Starting; cor..ponents ("AntriobsagpreE?ato") for military purposes. (Power
plants for military use.)
Category II
1. Aircraft materials for military purposes;
2. Aircraft motors and machines with related components for military use;
3. Aircraft mountings for arms and built-in arrangements for ammunition
as well as for target, observation, and photography apparatuses.
Category III
1. Chemical products for military purposes;
2. Smoke-screening material for military purposes;
3. Smoke-screening and spraying equipment for military purposes;
4. Gasmasks;
5. Circulation and breathing equipment and accessories for military purposes;
6. Gas shelter filters;
7. Filter elements for military purposes.
Cate ?ory IV
1. Telephone and telegraph apparatuses and accessories for military purposes;
2. Cable and wire leads for military purposes;
3. Wireless transmitter and receiver installations, sound detectors, jar' ing,
intercepting and garbling apparatuses, and direction-finding installations
for military purposes;
4. Signal apparatuses and signal installations for military purposes;
5. Coding-, and decoding apparatuses.
Category V (Added by the decree of August 23, 1951)
1. Materials, installations and equipment which could be used for the
fabrication of military devices, such as explosives, having; a nuclear
energy basis;
2. Machines for the transformation of the atomic nucleus for military
purposes;
3. Equipment for the detection of radioactivity for military purposes;
4. Radioactive products for military purposes;
5. Filters, masks, and protective clothing for military uses, against
radioactive substances.
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