RESCHEDULING OF SECOND MEETING OF THE SIG ON THE TRANSFER OF STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R000501110004-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 4, 2007
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 29, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

Approved For Release 2007/09/04: CIA-RDP84B00049R000501110004-5
8218044
NSC REVIEWED 8/2/07 NO OBJECTION TO
DECLASSIFICATION AND RELEASE
UNCLASSIFIED (With CONFIDENTIAL Attachment)
Senior Interagency Group No. 23
TO: OVP
NSC
ACDA
CIA
Commerce
Defense
Energy
JCS
Justice
NASA
NSA
- Mrs. Nancy Bearg Dyke
- Mr. Michael O. Wheeler
- Mr. Joseph Presel
- Mrs. Helen Robbins
- COL John Stanford
- Mr. William Vitale
- MAJ Dennis Stanley
-'Mr.. F. Henry Habicht
- Mr. Kenneth Pedersen
OMB - Mr. William Schneider
OSTP - Dr. George Keyworth
Treasury - Mr. David Pickford
UNA - Amb. Harvey Feldman
USTR - Mr. Dennis Whitfield
r1j
co
0
N
SUBJECT: Rescheduling of Second Meeting of the SIG on the
Transfer of Strategic Technology
The next meeting of the SIG has been rescheduled for
Thursday, July 1, at 2:30 in Room 7516 of the State Department.
AttendE_nce is principal plus one. Please phone your
attendees to Jerry W. Leach at 632-4231 by COB Wednesday, June 30.
Codeword clearances will not be required for this meeting.
Attached is a Chairman's Note covering matters arising
from the responses to the Terms of Reference (TOR). This
Note supersedes the one attached to the previous announcement
dated June 11.
Also attached is a copy of the original unamended TOR.
The agenda will be the one sent to you June 17 with agenda
papers attached.
Attachment: Chairman's Note
Terms of Reference
UNCLASSIFIED
State Dept. review
completed
, 1982
Approved For Release 2007/09/04: CIA-RDP84B00049R000501110004-5
 Approved For Release 2007/09/04: CIA-RDP84B00049R000501110004-5
CONFIDENTIAL
CHAIRMAN'S NOTE
NSC REVIEWED 8/2/07 NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION AND
RELEASE
Support
Almost all responses to the proposed TOR and to the SIG
initiative as outlined at the first meeting are now in. It is
clear that there is a very broad base of support for the concept
of a central coordinating mechanism for the U.S. Government's
efforts on strategic technology transfer. It is now essential
that we turn to the substantive issues.
Amendment to Section I and II
Various agencies (NSA, NASA, CIA, ACDA, OSD, JCS) have
formally or informally proposed that the TOR be expanded in
Sections I and II to cover "the Soviet Union, its allies, and
other potential adversaries of the United States." This
amen ment will therefore be tabled at the second meeting.
Clarification and Amendment on Special Projects
The Committee on Special Projects is effectively asub-
group of the SIG working on proposals as directed by the SIG.
Any agency that wishes to be represented on Special Projects
may become a member and the TOR will be so amended unless there
are objections at the next meeting.
Amendment on Chairmanship
To clarify the question of Chairmanship, it has been suggested
that, at the end of Section II C, the words "in accordance. with
National Security Decision. Directive No. 2" be added. This
amendment will be tabled at the next meeting.
Amendment on Assignments
DOD has proposed making explicit in the TOR one intended
feature of the SIG's operations. A new Section III D will
therefore be proposed which reads:
"The leadership role in examining issues referred to
the SIG will be assigned to the cognizant agency or
committee best qualified to deal with the matter in
question."
Agenda
The agenda will be the same as the one sent to you June 17.
The order of the issues taken up in Part Ilimay, however, differ
slightly. Please feel free to propose other. items for the agenda
at any time.
r ]James L. Buckley
CONFIDENTIAL
G /7r /00
Approved For Release 2007/09/04: CIA-RDP84B00049R000501110004-5
 Approved For Release 2007/09/04: CIA-RDP84B00049R000501110004-5
CONFIDENTIAL
NSC REVIEWED 8/2/07 NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION AND RELEASE
TERMS OF REFERENCE
SENIOR INTERAGENCY GROUP ON
THE TRANSFER OF STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY
I. Background
Continued access by the Soviet Union and its allies to
advanced Western technology is a matter. of great concern to
this Administration. Overt and covert Soviet acquisition,
both in the U.S. and abroad, of sophisticated equipment and
know-how has significantly enhanced its military production
capabilities and military power. The organization, scope, and
tempo of U.S. Government efforts to stem this flow, though
recently increased, is fragmented and insufficient in relation
.to the magnitude of the problem. The Administration needs a
central forum for policy formation, coordination, and imple-
mentation on this issue if its efforts to counter this threat
are to achieve maximum effectiveness.
II. Senior Interagency Group on the Transfer of Strategic
Technology
A. The objectives of this group will be:
1. to serve as a central policy-making forum in the
U.S. Government's effort to inhibit acquisition
of militarily relevant equipment and technologies
by the Soviet Union and its allies,
2. to direct the implementation of policy in this
area,
CONFIDENTIAL
GDS 6/25/88
Approved For Release 2007/09/04: CIA-RDP84B00049R000501110004-5
 Approved For Release 2007/09/04: CIA-RDP84B00049R000501110004-5
CONFIDENTIAL
3. to oversee and coordinate the activities of the
interagency community on strategic technology
transfer issues, and
4. to resolve issues elevated to it from any
existing interagency structure.
B. The membership of this group will include represen-
tatives from State, CIA, OSD, JCS, OVP, Commerce, UNA
DOE, Treasury, Justice, NSC, NSA, ACDA, OSTP, NASA,
USTR, and OMB.
C. The chairmanship of this group will be held by the
Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance,
Science, and Technology.
III. Interagency Committee on Special Projects in Strategic
Technology Transfer
A. The objectives of this group will be:
1. to identify specific strategic technology problems,
to develop strategies in response, and, with SIG
approval, to coordinate interagency implementation
of these plans,
- and in this regard the Committee will propose
specific measures -
2. to persuade foreign governments to strengthen
their control over strategic technology,
3. to raise the priority given to this problem by
CONFIDENTIAL
Approved For Release 2007/09/04: CIA-RDP84B00049R000501110004-5
 Approved For Release 2007/09/04: CIA-RDP84B00049R000501110004-5
U.S. Government representatives abroad,
4. to systematically acquire information on diver-
sionary systems and attempt to curtail them.
B. The members of this committee will be State, DOD,
DOE, Commerce, CIA, Customs, NSA, Justice, FBI,
and NSC.
C. The chairmanship of this committee will be held by
the Director of the Bureau of Politico-Military
Affairs in the Department of State.
CONFIDENTIAL
Approved For Release 2007/09/04: CIA-RDP84B00049R000501110004-5
 Approved For Release 2007/09/04: CIA-RDP84B00049R000501110004-5
Approved For Release 2007/09/04: CIA-RDP84B00049R000501110004-5