COORDINATING COMMITTEE RECORD OF DISCUSSION ON A FRENCH PROPOSAL TO EXPORT ELECTRONIC VALVES TO POLAND 25TH MAY, 1959

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• Publication Date: May 29, 1959
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COORD TNATING COMMITTEE
RECORD OF DISCUSSION
ON
A FRENCH PROPOSAL TO EXPORT ELECTRONIC VALVES TO POLAND
25th May, 1959
Present: Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Turkey, United
Kingdom, United States,
References: C000M Documents 3502 and 3536.
11 The UNITED STATES Delegate stated that on the 19th May he had sent the
French Delegation a letter summing up the conclusions reached by United States
experts after study of the additional details supplied by the French Delegation.
They had noted that the valves ordered by Poland were normally used for airborne
radar equipment. In the view of the United States experts, however, the some 30
or so aircraft which made up the Polish air fleet were not all of the same type
and were certainly not all equipped with radar. That was why the United States
Government,-would very much like to receive from t},e French Delegation further
arguments which would justify the end-use indicated for these valves in the
French Memorandum.
2. The FRENCH Delegate stated that his Delegation had indeed received from.
the United States Delegntion a letter dated the 19th May, which had set out cer-
tain considerations regarding Polish civil aviation, but had not put any specific
questions to the French Delegation. If such had been tae object of the letter in
question, and in order to reply accurately, the French Delegate would be grateful
to his United States colleague if he would kindly say what were the exact ques-
tions he wished to put to the French Delegation.
3. The UNITED STATES Delegate pointed out that it was for the requesting
country to provide proofs as to end-use, and explained that, in the view of the
United States experts, the Poles did not possess a sufficient number of aircraft
equipped with radar to account for an order involving so large a quantity of valves.
The United States Government would ask for nothing better than to be convinced
that these valves would normally be used on airborne equipment. That was why they
would welcome any fresh information on that point,
4. The FRENCH Delegate stated that, put like that, the question was clea-
rer. Speaking personally, he asked whether, in the event of the French Iovernment
reducing the number of valves specified in t11e order sent by the Poles, the
United States Governr.snt would be more favourably disposed towards an export pro-
posal reduced in this way,
5. TheUNITED STATES Delegate undertook to put the question to his authori-
ties. He thought personally that the principal problem was the quantity involved.
6. The FRENCH Delegate stated that an enquiry was now being carried out as
to the utilisation of this order. As soon as the results were known, the French
Delegate would communicate them to the United States Delegation, in the hope that
the latter would be able to give a final answer to the French Delegation in the
course of the Committee's meeting a wook later.
7. After the NET= .LANDS and TURKISH Delegates had stated that they woul6
accept the opinion of the majority, the COMMITTEE agreed to hear final views of
Delegations on the French Government's request on the 4th June.
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