DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 2007
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: December 3, 1981
• Content Type: REGULATION

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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
(Effective 3 December 1981)
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 102, the National Security Act of 1947, and
Executive Order 12333, there is established a Technology Transfer Intelligence
Committee.
The mission of the Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee (TTIC) is to
serve as the focal point within the Intelligence Community on all technology transfer
issues. The Committee will coordinate Community activities and will be the principal
source of intelligence support for those US Government entities charged with the
responsibility for policy and action on technology transfer issues. The Committee will
work with other Intelligence Community committees and appropriate agencies to
ensure that intelligence information collected on technology transfer is consistent with
the DCI's priorities and guidance and meets the needs of Community production
organizations.
2. Definitions
Technology transfer encompasses all movements of advanced US and equivalent
Western technology and equipment with implications for US security by enhancing
the military and economic capabilities of recipient countries.
Technology transfer intelligence includes the collection, processing, analysis,
production and dissemination activities of the Intelligence Community designed to
support US Government departments and agencies with policy and enforcement
responsibilities.
Exchange programs and commercial contacts include all exchanges and visits by
nationals from designated foreign countries which provide the potential for an
intelligence or technological gain or loss.
Under the general guidance of the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, the
Committee will:
a. Advise the DCI on the effectiveness of the Intelligence Community's role in
support of US Government policy on technology transfer issues.
b. As directed, prepare coordinated intelligence assessments on the significance
of technology transfers and, as appropriate, their implications for US national security.
c. Advise appropriate US Government departments and agencies of the
technology transfer implications and foreign intelligence equities involved in exchange
programs and commercial contacts with nationals from designated foreign countries
and recommend changes as appropriate.
d. Provide foreign intelligence support on export control issues to appropriate
US Government agencies.
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e. Monitor all technology transfer intelligence concerning foreign efforts to
acquire US and Western technology and provide appropriate analyses to US Govern-
ment organizations concerned with protection and countermeasures, including coun-
terintelligence organizations.
f. Provide priority guidance to collection. systems on technology transfer issues.
g. Establish an 'exchange of information with all departments and agencies
concerned with the technology transfer problem to ensure that the utility of the
Intelligence Community's activities is maintained.
4. Responsibilities of the Intelligence Community
a. On request of the committee chairman, Intelligence Community elements
shall, within established security safeguards, provide information pertinent to the
committee's mission and functions.
b. Intelligence Community components will keep the committee chairman
advised of their specific foreign intelligence equities and of actions which might
provide foreign intelligence collection opportunities.
5. Composition and Organization
The committee chairman will be appointed by the Director of Central
Intelligence.
The members of the Committee will be representatives designated by the
National Foreign Intelligence Council principals.
The Committee on Exchanges (COMEX) will be a subcommittee of the TTIC.
Other subcommittees will be established as required.
With the approval of the DCI, the committee chairman may invite representa-
tives of relevant US Government entities with national security interests to participate
as appropriate.
The Committee will be supported by an Executive Secretariat.
WILLIAM J. CASEY
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
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