MEMORANDUM TO DCI FROM (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83B00100R000100120045-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2002
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: January 3, 1977
• Content Type: MEMO

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
National Intelligence Officers
3 January 1977
77- 000
FROM: NIO/China
Attached is a telegram from USLO which
reports that Chinese engineers willegin
training in Houston on January 10th.
I thought this might be of interest to
you.
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INFO RUMJDH/AMCONSUL HONG KONG 4167
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PEKING 2660
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS:.ETRDP CHi US
SUBJ: DRESSER CONTRACT FOR OIL WELL LOGGING EQUIPMENT
1. A DRESSER INDUSTRIES DELEGATION HEADED BY E.C.
BR OU N, PRESIDENT O F DRESSER'S PETROLEUM SERVICES
GROUP, RETURNED TO PEKING JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS
TO NEGOTIATE THE FINAL DETAILS OF THE SALE OF
TRUCK-MOUNTED OIL WELL LOGGING EQUIPMENT (THE
INITIAL CONTRACT WAS SIGNED IN NOVEMBER, 1975. FINAL
AGREEMENT ON A PROTOCOL TO THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
REACHED AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE SIGNED WITH THE
TECHNICAL IMPORT CORPORATION ON DECEMBER 30.
2. THE PROTOCOL INCLUDES THE ADDITIONAL SALE OF
SPARE PARTS VALUED AT $500,000 AND SPECIFICALLY
ELIMINATES FROM THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT THE SALE OF
OCILLISCOPES AND THE DYNAMIC CONTROL PORTION OF
THE COMPUTER (THE TERMS OF THE EXPORT LICENSE
BLOCKED THE SALE OF THESE TWO ITEMS). DESPITE THE
RESTRICTION IN THE LICENSE, TECH IMPORT OFFICIALS
IN RECENT MONTHS HAVE CONTINUED TO PRESS DRESSER TO FIND
SOME MEANS OF REVERSING THE DECISION AND INCLUDING
THE ITEMS. DRESSER REFUSED TO DO SO AND ONLY AFTER
THE GROUP ARRIVED IN PEKING FOR THIS VISIT DID THE
CHINESE AGREE TO THE CHANGE.
3. THE CONTRACT INCLUDES PROVISIONS FOR A THRE__ E bOTH
T A '~LIIG-P~ AM 0_FHTN_ESE___ENGINEERSAND TECHNICIANS
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AT u E ~Ga--~i.E~'ZQt1ARTERS IN HOUSTON. AGROUP OF T K L R
SEVEN IS SCHEDULED TD RE.-G_LN_TR_AINING 0N._JANU~ARY 10 _
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WO R_T F~___.1Ur.ST -ll.N1R 3 24 M IL_L I PTV THE EQUIPMENT IS
SCHEDULED TO BE SHIPPED FROM HOUSTON BY MAY 1. 1977.
US TECHNICIANS ARE T O TRAVEL T O THE PR C TO ASS IS T
THE CHINESE IN THE FINAL TESTING AND ASSEMBLY OF THE EQUIPMENT.
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5, THE GROUP WAS INTRIGUED 8Y _THE_ -AC1._T T=R TIDE
FIRST TIME THEY R I R PRC VISAS F RO M PR CL O
IN G ~1-?fHANTH?M UGH 'til_ PRC EMBASSY
IN OTTAWA, PREVIOUSLY THE CH INESE HAD INSfSTED THAT
OTTAqA BE THE POINT OF CONTACT.
6. THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS COMMERCIALLY SENSITIVE INFORMATION
WHICH SHOULD NOT B E DISCUSSED OUTSIDE THE U. S. G, GATES
CONF I D E N T I A L
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