ADDITION OF AUDIO COUNTERMEASURES EQUIPMENT TO EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS

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CIA-RDP82M00591R000300110029-7
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RIPPUB
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C
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3
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December 14, 2016
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April 10, 2003
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29
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February 3, 1976
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MF
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r, -1 ", ~ r. I " r. I Ill, I Approved For Release 2003/0 /2Z'` 4400591 DCI/IC 76-2907 EB ?.)76 SUBJECT . Addition of Audio Countermeasures Equipment to Export Administration Regulations 1. The Technical Surveillance Countermeasures portion of the Intelligence Community security arena has been perennially plagued by industrial firms marketing or attempting to market overseas countermeasures equipment and/or techniques which are identical with or are alarmingly similar to those in use by the Intelligence Community. We have recently reviewed this with representatives of the Justice Department, the Department of State Munitions Control Board, and the Office of Export Administration of the U. S. Commerce Department and find that there is little that can currently be done. We conclude that a useful first step would be to try to extend the Export Administration Regulations to cover equipment of this type. The attached excerpt shows those regulations currently cover Communications Intercepting Devices, 376.13 in language taken, incidentally, directly from the Omnibus Crime Bill. 2. We are advised that the U. S. can unilaterally add items to these regulations with the approval of the President and the Congress. The alternative is to request and receive (no doubt after much discussion) unanimous agreement of the COCOM nations; not a desirable route to follow. 3. It is suggested that the DCI, pursuant to the provision of Section 102(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 and as further spelled out in NSCID No. 5, may have therein the required Presidential and Congressional approval as the primary U. S. authority responsible for counterintel- ligence abroad. If that be the case, I would propose a letter from the DCI to the Office of Export Administration, Commerce Department, citing this authority, requesting that audio surveillance! countermeasures equipment, devices, and techniques be considered in the same category and receive the same treatment as Communications Intercepting Devices. Approved For Release 2003/04/22: CIA-RDP42Mp 000800110D29-7. Approved For Release 2003/04/2 = Iq-RDP82M00591 R000300110029-7 4. I would appreciate your judgement as to the DCI's authority, as cited or from other sources, to make such a request. Our contact at the Office of Expof Administration is Mr. John K. Boidock, phone 967- Collection an&-Proces sing Assessment Division Intelligence Community Staff 25X1A Attachment: A/S CC: C/SECOM/USIB Operations Staff, DDO Distribution 25X1A Copy 1 - Addressee w/att C/SECOM/USIB w/att 2 - CPAD Chrono w/att ;t{ 7 - Operations Staff, DDO 3 - CPAD Subject (S) w/att. w/att 4 + w/att. S egistry Official File Copy w/att DCI/IC/CPAD/ (2 February 1976) Approved For Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP82M00591 R000300110029-7 25X1A 25X1A KPISMI WMAiR000 UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL SECRET OFFICIAL ROUTING SLIP TO NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS I C SECOM/USIB 2 3 4 5 6 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE Remarks t FOLD HERE TO RETURN TO SENDER FROM: NAME. ADDRESS AND PHONE NO. DATE /04/22 CIA-Rnp8Zg NTIAL oo59lg SECRET