COORDINATING COMMITTEE RECORD OF DISCUSSION ON A GERMAN PROPOSAL TO EXPORT BORON CARBIDE TO POLAND

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-00647A000200020063-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 1998
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: March 29, 1960
• Content Type: MIN

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CONFIDENTIAL
March 29th, 1960 COCOM Document No. 3937
COORDINATING COMMITTEE
RECOTtD OF DISCUSSION
ON
A GERMAN PROPOSAL TO SORT BORON CARBIDE TO POLAND
A4axoh 24th 1960
Presents Belgium (Luxembourg), Canada, France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, Netherlands, Turkey, iTnited Kingdom, United States.
Reference: COCOM Document No. 3906.
1. The CH&IRA~Ii~N drew the attention of the Committee to the German
proposal to export 1356 kilos of boron carbide to Poland. He invited
Delegates to give the views of their authorities.
2. The FRENCH Delegate said that his authorities raised no objection
to this export although they had certain doubts about th? largo quantity
involved. Boren carb~:.de eras used for making extra hard alloy steels
and it derived its strategic value from its exceptional hardness, which
was exceeded only bar that of the diamond.
3. There were no objections from the other Members of the Committee
and the GERMAN Delegate expressed his thanks for the favourable replies
which had boon given. He undertcok to bring the remarks of his French ,
colleague to the attenticn cf his authorities but mentioned that
industrial d~.amonds had been deleted from thQ embargo list.
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