COORDINATING COMMITTEE MEMORANDUM BY THE GERMAN DELEGATION ON EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE, ILLEGAL TRANSACTIONS EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 1998
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: April 22, 1960
• Content Type: MEMO

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CONFIDENTIAL
GERL N. DELEGATION COCOM DOC 3963
Paris, April 22, 1960
COORDINATING COEL11TTEE
1:E1:10RAND1T BY THE GM', ANT DEL:i'GATION
ON
EXPORT CONTROL C01tFE1 1NCE s . ILLEGAL TRANSACTIONS,
EXCHANr--E OF EXP ARIE NCE
1.) Illegal transactions with embargo goods to
the Soviet bloc countries - known to German control authori-
ties since 1.1.1959 - give evidence that the Soviet-bloc's
special interest is concentrated on the delivery of the
following goods (mentioned below in order of frequency of
known transactions):
a) electronic equipment
b) cobalt and cobalt alloys
o) borax and boron compounds
d) tantalum
e) titanium
f) tungsten-wire
2.) The following countries are -as far as illegal
transactions are concerned- especially involved: Switzerland,
Sweden, Yugoslavia; Switzerland mainly as a purchasing and
transit country where the diversion takes place. Sweden and
Yugoslavia are often mentioned as fictive countries of
destination, moreover in Sweden at several occasions goods
have been diverted whereas this is rarely the case in Yugos-
lavia. Spain and Finland have lost their importance as fictive
countries of destination, until now there has been no evidence
that diversions have taken place in these two countries. It is
Egypt that has lately acquired a special significance as a
fictive country of destination.
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3.) The German authorities have noted that the
number of falsified documents to prove the delivery of
goods into the countries of destination, has increased
considerably. This seems to demonstrate that the embargo
control has reached an efficiency capable to prevent most
of the intended illegal transactions, if the national
authorities cannot be misled by falsified documents.
The falsifications are of an excellent quality
and can be identified only by further inquiries at the
authorities stated to have issued the papers.
Gaps within the control system have not been
discovered but for those concerning transit transactions
well 'known to the committee. The German delegation reserves
the right to submit supplementary information on individual
cases in due course.
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