COORDINATING COMMITTEE RECORD OF DISCUSSION ON PROPOSED FRENCH EXPORT OF CRYSTAL DIODES TO POLAND 17 MARCH 1960

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• Publication Date: March 23, 1960
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C O N F I D E N T I A L
23rd March, 1960. COCOM Document No. 3928B
COORDINATING COMMITTEE
RECORD OF DISCUSSION
ON
PROPOSED FRENCH EXPORT OF CRYSTAL DIODES TO POLAND
17th March 1960
Present: Belgium(Luxembourg), Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.
References: COCOM Doe. No. 3875 and 3920.
1. The UNITED STATES Delegate stated that his Delegation had, on the
14th March, informed both the French Delegation and the Secretariat that the
United States authorities had found it necessary to raise objection to this
proposal. He explained that the reasons for this objection were set out in the
memorandum submitted by his Delegation (COCOM Doc. 3920).
2. The UNITED KINGDOM Delegate stated that his authorities had also
informed the French Delegation cn the 14th March that they objected to this
export. The United Kingdom authorities had noted that in general the crystal
diodes which France was proposing to export to Poland were superior in quality
and technology to the crystal diodes normally used in short-wave radio and
television sets. The Delegate further added that the French Delegation had
been unable to provide the United Kingdom authorities with the information they
had requested as to the end-use of these crystal diodes and transistors. If,
however, the French Delegation were able to procure this information, the
United Kingdom authorities would undertake a fresh examination of the matter.
3. The NETHERLANDS Delegate stated that for reasons similar to those
advanced by the United Kingdom and United States Delegations, the Netherlands
authorities had found it necessary to raise objection to this proposal.
4. The FRENCH Delegate first thanked the delegations who had not raised
objection to the French proposal. He then thanked the United Kingdom, United
States and Netherlands Delegations for informing him of their Governments'
objections before the expiry of the appointed period. He recalled, however,
that the non-strategic end-use for which these crystals were intended (radio
and television) had been clearly stated in the introductory memorandum. He
would endeavour to provide these Delegations with additional information at a
future meeting, and hoped to convince them that, despite their quality, these
crystals were intended for purely civilian use.
C O N F I D E N T I A L
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