COORDINATING COMMITTEE RECORD OF DISCUSSION ON GERMAN PROPOSAL TO EXPORT BEARINGS TO HUNGARY 16TH JULY 1959

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• Publication Date: July 21, 1959
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21st July, 1959. COCOM Document No. 3622
COORDINATING CO6ITTEE
RECORD OF DISCUSSION
ON
GERMAN PtZOPOSAL TO EXPORT BEARINGS TO HUNGARY
16th July 19 59
Present: Bel gium(Luxembourg), Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States.
References: COCOly 3538, 3590-
1. The CHAIRMAN recalled that the date limit of July 16th had been
.agreed for this request. He understood that the United States Delegation
wished to comment on this case. There had been no objection by other Members
of the Committee.
2. The UNITED STATES Delegate said that his authorities had had some
difficulty with this case because the bearings seemed to be for the same use
as those involved in the request submitted by the Italian Delegation in June
1959 (COCOM 3538), which alone would be sufficient for the stated end-use in
a floating crane. There was thus prima facia evidence that the bearings
would be diverted to a different end-use if the Italian bearings were also
supplied. On the assumption, however, that the German request concerned
an alternative order and that only the German or the Italian shipment would
be made the United States authorities would raise no objection to this export.
3. The GEiI AN Delegate undertook to report the United States state-
ment to his authorities. He did not know how many bearings of this type were
needed for a floating crane but his authorities' impression was that it was
an alternative order.
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