LETTER TO WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM EARL HUTTO

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R001001540040-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: April 29, 1983
• Content Type: LETTER

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MElVIN PRICE (ILL), CHAIRMAN
April 29, 1953
a~ijington, ~.~. 20515
NINETY-EIGHTH CONGRESS
Honorable William J. Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
WILLIAM L DICKINSON. ALA.
G. WILLIAM WHRENURS (. VA.
FLOYD SPENCE, S.C.
MARJORIE S. HOIT, MD.
ELWOOD H. (8UU) NILUS..INO.
ROBERT E. BADHAM, CALIF.
BOB STUMP, ARIL
JIM COURTER. NJ.
LARRY J. HOPKINS, KY.
ROBERT W. DAVIS. MICH.
KEN KRAMER, COLO.
DUNCAN L HUNTER. CALIF.
THOMAS F. HARTNETT, S.C.
DANIEL B. CRANE Ill
DAVID O'B. MARTIN, N.Y.
JOHN R. KASICH, OHIO
Dear Ivir. Casey:
The chairman of the Committee on Armed Services recently established a
full committee panel on the transfer of defense-related technology to foreign
nations. I have been afforded the opportunity to chair that panel.
The panel has been directed to examine the present state of the transfer
of U.S. technology to foreign nations, and particularly the direct or indirect
transfer of such technology to the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact nations.
The panel will attempt to identify those technologies that, if compromised,
would have a significant impact on U.S. national security. It will evaluate
the process by which such technology is transferred. And it will assess the
procedures used by the Departments of Commerce, Defense and State to ensure
against the compromise of technology and defense articles that significantly
impact on U.S. defense capabilities.
The panel will require the assistance of your organization in completing
our task. I am writing to request that assistance. Although a hearing
schedule has not yet been determined, it is likely that we will ask for a
witness from your organization to testify before the panel. I would appreciate
knowing who in your organization would be most appropriate as a witness given
the tasking we face. In addition a point of contact within your organization
that can assist the panel staff in coordinating activities and in gathering
information would be most helpful. The name of the witness and the point of
contact can be relayed to Bob Emmerichs (225-6873) or Alan Chase (225-9647)
of the panel staff . -==;
I consider the issue the panel is addressing to be pf extraordinary
importance to our future security. I hope that, together, we can ensure that
the laws and procedures governing the transfer of technology will maximize
that security. I look forward to your assistance to that end.
Sincerely,
Earl Hutto
Chairman,
Technology Transfer Panel
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