WORKING GROUP ON HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R001200030013-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 19, 2007
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: December 18, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 18, 1981
TO: MARTIN ANDERSON
ED GRAY
SUBJECT: Working Group on High Technology Industries
The proposed Working Group members are:
1) Lionel Olmer, Chairman
Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade
Administration
2) George Keyworth
Science Adviser to the President
3) Dave Macdonald
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
4) Robert Hormats
Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
5) Richard DeLauer
Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering \
6) (Chief, Economic Technical Division, Office
7) Ron Frankum
Deput Director of White House Office of Policy Development
The following experts on high technology industries have been
detailed on a full time basis from the various agencies to assist
in writing the report for the Cabinet Council.
or u o a ntelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
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1) Dr. Victor Basiuk
Department of Defense
(Special.ist on defense industries, technology export,
national security impacts)
2) Dr. Michael Boretsky
Department of Commerce
(Specialist on technology-intensive trade)
3)
;gr;tral Intelligence Agency
(Specialist on international economics and East-West trade)
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4) Dr. Rolf Piekarz
National Science Foundation, on loan to Department of Commerce
(Specialist on R&D, technology transfer and technological
innovation)
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The Working Group will involve representatives from the Department
of Justice and from the Department of Transportation, as
appropriate. There is general agreement that the Group should be
kept as small as possible, so no formal representation from thope
departments is planned.
As noted in Secretary Baldrige's memo outlining'the study, the
Working Group will report periodically to arld seek policy guidance.
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OUTLINE
STUDY OF THE COMPETITIVE POSITION OF U.S. HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES
1.
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR REVIEW
1.
Information Processing Systems and Services
a.
o.
c.
d.
e.
Semiconductors
Computers
Telecommunications
Software
Data Base Development
2.
Civil
and Military Aircraft
3.
Civil and Military Space Systems and Services
4.
Scientific and Instruments Control Systems
5.
Industrial Automate
8. HIGH TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN MATURE INDUSTRIES
1. Automotive Products --? P 'p s
2. Specialty Steels and nib--r Stsatei`
3. Shipbuilding
4. Machine Tools
1. Biotechnology
2. Marine Resources
3. Advanced Energy Tecnnology
II. ECONOMIC, NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY CONSEQUENCES OF
U.S. COMPETITIVE POSITION
A. ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
B. NATIONAL SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
C. FOREIGN POLICY CONSIDERATIONS
III. KEY VARIABLES AFFECTING COMPETITIVENESS
A. COST AND AVAILABILITY OF FINANCIAL CAPITAL
B. HUMAN CAPITAL
C. ROLE OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
Da TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER POLICIES
E. INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
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IV. U.S. POLICY IMPLICATIONS
A. BACKGROUND
B. U.S..GOVERNMENT DOMESTIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS
1. Macroeconomic policies
2. R&D policies
3. Trade policies
4. Investment policies
5. Science and technology policies
1. Defense rationalization policies
2. Trade policies
3. Investment policies
4. Technology transfer policies
5. ',International science policies
V. STUDY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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