LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS IN THE SIG ON THE TRANSFER OF STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00363R001403180007-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 20, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Acting Director of Central Intelligence
THROUGH: Deputy Director for I t 11'
FROM:
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Deputy Director of Scientific and Weapons Research
SUBJECT: Leadership Problems in the SIG on the Transfer
of Strategic Technology (S)
1. The SIG on the transfer of strategic technology, which is the
notes for the SIG meetings in a hurried and perfunctory manner and shows
no personal interest or evidence of substantive concern for the agenda
items up for discussion and decision. In turn, this engenders almost
total lack of participation by other policy-level attendees from the
Executive Branch agencies. (S)
2. This situation is already affecting government-wide cooperation
on technology transfer issues and is resulting in fragmented actions by
separate a encies. Both Julian Nall, NIO for Science and Technology, and
Deputy Chief, Technology Transfer Assessment Center, noted this
worsening situation at the SIG meeting on 14 October 1983. Two sensitive
issues up for discussion -- the hardline DoD position on computer controls
in COCOM -- which will set back progress achieved to date and potentially
spill over and impact negatively on allied cooperation in COCOM itself --
and the problems with the NSDD on technoloqv transfer -- were essentially
swept under the rug with no acknowledgment of their
importance or impact on US technology transfer policies. (S)
3. Some means is needed to remedy this leadership problem in the
SIG before momentum on other initiatives
eroded.
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