COORDINATING COMMITTEE RECORD OF DISCUSSION ON PROPOSED ITALIAN EXPORT OF BEARINGS TO THE SOVIET UNION 13TH APRIL, 1959

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• Publication Date: April 17, 1959
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17th April, 1959.
COCOM Doe. No.. lh
COORDINATING COMIITTEE 676)
RECORD OF DISCUSSION
ON
PROPOSED ITALIAN EXPORT OF BEARINGS TO THE SOVIET UNION
13th April, 1959
Present: Belgium (Luxembourg), Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece,
Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Turkey, United Kingdom, United
States.
References: COCOM Documents Nos. 3360, 3370 and 3405.
1. The UNITED STATES Delegate referred to the Italian Delegation's
Memorandum submitted on the 10th January 1959 (COC0M Document No, 3360) and
proposing the export to the Soviet Union of 4 spherical roller bearings.
He stated that his Government had reconsidered the matter in the light of
further information given by the Italian Delegation, and that they were now
prepared to withdraw their objection to this export. The Delegate pointed
out however that this case had boon considered by his Government as an ad
hoc exception request, because they did not believe that the submission of
the latter met the requirements of the do rainimis procedure. He added that.
his Delegation would wish to examine closely in future all requests for
exceptions involving large-size roller bearings.
2. The JAP. SI.ESE Delegate stated that his Government had also re-
examined the proposed Italian exception case put forward in COCOM Doe. No.
3360 on the basis of the additional information supplied by the Italian
Delegation. They had now come to the conclusion that the security risk in-
volved in this -case was not significant and had decided to withdraw their
objection.
3. The ITALIAN Delegate thanked both the United States and Japanese
Delegates, and stated that he was particularly grateful to their authorities
for having reassessed their position in the light of the various elements
submitted by his Delegation. He was also grateful to the United States
Delegation for not raising any objection purely on procedural grounds,
although he had taken note of th.e.United States Delegate's statement on the
de minirlis procedure.. The Delegate explained that the case had boon sub-
mitted under the do rainirais procedure both because of its strategic value
and from the point of view of its financial value. The Italian Government
believed that both wore minimal and had not therefore considered a special
ad hoc procedure. They had also taken into account the various statements
made during the discussions on the Minimum Shipments Procedure, during which
it had seeped to the Italian Delegation that, in general, the Corm:ittoe was
in favour of enlarging that procedure in order to cover not only financial
but mainly strategic considerations. The Delegate would in any case refer
the United States Delegation's observations to his authorities.
40 The CHAIRMAN noted that, with the statements just raado by the
Japanese and United states Delegations, there were no longer any objections
to the Italian request, which had thus boon settled.
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