MINUTES OF PRG MEETING ON IMPORTS FROM IRAN, 6 AUGUST 1987

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B00224R000401120002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 28, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 6, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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6 August 1987
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Minutes of PRG Meeting on Imports from Iran, 6 August 1987
1. This PRG was called to resolve a longstanding dispute between State
Department and Defense. The issue is restrictions on sales of goods to
Iran. In 1986 over $30 million worth of goods were sold to Iran. Included in
these sales were some low tech computers. Defense has been adamant that no
materiel other than food should be sold because most goods have some use in
the war effort. State has been more inclined to make decisions on a case-by-
case basis and approved sales of items that were going into the civilian
sector.
2. There was general agreement that we should review the list of
material currently being sold to Iran and be more restrictive than in the
past. All members of the PRG agree the US does not want to sell anything that
could be used even indirectly in the war effort. A working group will review
the kinds of material we wish to prohibit. In fact, it may be easier to
develop a list of things we are willing to sell.
3. There also was a decision to look carefully at our imports from Iran
and at a range of other economic connections we still have with Iran.
Discussion concluded that it made no sense to work on a $30 million export
list when last year the US imported over $600 million of goods including $460
million in oil alone. The next step will be to address the larger issue of
what economic leverage remains.
Richard J. Kerr
Deputy Director for Intelligence
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