DIA EFFORTS TO CURB THE FLOW OF TECHNOLOGY TO THE SOVIETS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R000701930018-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 10, 2007
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: October 15, 1981
• Content Type: REPORT

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15 Oct 81
DIA Efforts to Curb the Flow of Technology to the Soviets (U)
(U) DIA's efforts in technology transfer by and large are focused in its
Directorate for Scientific and Technical Intelligence and have been ongoing
for the past four years. A summary of its activities is given below:
1. (U) In support of the Strategic Trade Control Program, DIA provides
intelligence assessments to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering (USDRE) as requested, from an initial caseload numbering about
40 per year in 1979 to the current workload of 100-120 cases per month.
(U) In April 1980, USDRE requested DIA comment on known potential
military relationships of the end users of items being exported under Depart-
ment of Commerce license. The current caseload numbers 100-125 cases per
month.
3. (C) The Committee on Exchanges (COMEX) requires assessments on
selected Soviet, other Warsaw Pact and Chinese visitors. DIA has provided
comments on 300 requests per year.
? 4. (U) Through its intelligence production management responsibilities,
DIA required the Service S&T production agencies to include technology
transfer as part of their analysis. This tasking applies in over 200 tasks
dealing with threat weapon systems and associated technologies.
5. (U) A new area of responsibility is to review cases being looked at
by the National Disclosure Policy Committee (NDPC).
6. (U) Presentation of awareness briefings regarding scope and complexity of the technology transfer problem.
given over 180 times to audiences varying from the Congressional level to the
~-Community.--
MiTi tart' R..D 7. (U) Contributed to the ?'Military Critical Technology List" (MCTL)
resulting from the 1979 Export Administration Act.
8. (U) USDRE has recently requested that DIA initiate follow-on foreign
availability studies against the entire MCTL.? This will be accomplished using
both in ,,-fuse and contractual resources.
9. tU) Active participation on the various committees/working groups
concern i