TTIC MONTHLY REPORT--OCTOBER 1982 HIGHLIGHTS/WORK IN PROGRESS

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• Publication Date: November 5, 1982
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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee
TTIC-C-085
5 November 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Secretary
National Foreign Intelligence Board
SUBJECT: TTIC Monthly Report--October 1982
Highlights/Work in Progress
1. TTIC held two meetings in October. On 14 October, the Committee
heard various brief status reports and received a comprehensive report of
progress on the ongoing study of "Soviet Acquisition of Strategic Technology
25X1 On 27 October, TTIC held a brief meeting in conjunction with an
all-day visit to the Army's Foreign Science and Technology Center (FSTC).
Officials from the center provided orientation briefings, outlined the
substance of several technology transfer studies, and commented on technology
transfer from the collector's perspective. The highlight of the TTIC business
meeting was a report from the chairperson of the Collection Guidance Working
25X1 Group (discussed in Section II below)
. 2. In lieu of its October meeting, COMEX (a group of around 20) spent
the week of 18 October in the Chicago area. The Department of Energy invited
COMEX to visit the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and the Fermi National
25X1 Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab).
25X1 arrange visits to three industrial
concerns--Sciaky Brothers, Inc. (manufacturers of high technology automatic
welders), the Technical Center of Naleo Chemical Co. (the use of water
chemistry in solving industrial problems) and Motorola, Inc. (communication
technologies). The Committee received laboratory overviews, technology
presentations and facility tours, and interacted with US persons who had
participated in East-West exchanges as either travelers or hosts. In two
extraordinary evening sessions, the group heard the story of an ex-employee of
the Yugoslavian Intelligence Service who had defected some years ago, and
interacted with the Chancellor of the Kansas City campus of the University of
Missouri who had strong feelings about the sad state of S&T education in the
United States and the impact of government controls over scientific exchanges
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re were a number of other Highlights during the month.
25X1 met with the Chairman of WSSIC, STIC, and JAEIC and they agreed to
e p i en nfy some significant examples of Soviet Bloc use of Western
technology in Soviet weapons, military systems, and defense-related R&D and
manufacturing facilities. In-depth studies may later be sponsored or
cosponsored by the Committees to explore more f ully.some of the examples. A
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sensitive COMEX case is described in Section II below, as is the extraordinary
:effort invested by EXCON in providing support to policymakers struggling with
the issue of the possible export of a particular digital telephone exchange
system to China. Following up on the NAS Corson Panel report on Scientific
Communication and National Securit', TTIC is prepared to sponsor the formation
of an academic advisory pane for COMEX and preliminary work to accomplish
this is underway.
II. Work in Progress
B. China Study. The TTIC-initiated study will deal with China's efforts
to acquire advanced US and Western technologies in the United States and
abroad. Several meetings of the large DIA-chaired working group have been
held, and final terms of reference were distributed on 22 October. The study
is scheduled to be provided to TTIC in April 1983.
D. Yugoslavia Study. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Bryen
recently asked that the Export Control Subcommittee of TTIC conduct an
all-source study of possible trade and other technology diversions via
Yugoslavia to the Warsaw Pact countries and China. CIA,
.is chairing this interagency effort. DAS Bryen aske or the study within
sixty days (i.e., by the end of November).
E. Training Survey. At the request of the SIG/TT, a survey recently was
taken concerning present and future training in various TTIC agencies
regarding various aspects of the technology transfer problem. The completed
survey was provided the SIG/TT staff in early October (TTIC-C-074 and 075).
F. TTIC Resources Survey. The completed TTIC Survey of Intelligence
Community resources devoted to technology transfer was sent to the DDCI early
in September. Subsequently, the DDCI referred the study separately to the
Director of the Intelligence Community Staff and to the CIA Executive
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-Director. Chairman TTIC now has been asked to prepare a paper which provides
.prioritized options, and their costs, for consideration by the DDCI (and by
the SSCI). A paper has been drafted. The response to the DDCI will
coordinated with the CIA Comptroller and with the Director, IC Staff.
G. Computer Data Base Security. Several meetings have been held to
begin a study of "Soviet Exploitation of Computer Data Bases." This
interagency effort is chaired by Commerce, endorsed by the NSC, and supported
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H. COMEX Intelligence Opinion. The October Summary is being prepared
and will be provided to all COMEX members. Seven new formal Opinion Requests
were initiated in October. Also, Intelligence Opinions were provided to State
and other interested agencies on seven cases. Given technology transfer
concerns, COMEX recommended that one program be approved with restrictions and
that six be denied. As usual, a number of informal cases were dealt with, the
I. COMEX Developments. In addition to the COMEX trip to Chicago, the
following is of speciainterest:
--The SIG/TT group continues to study the prospects for visa
controls when there are significant technology transfer concerns.
COMEX will be briefed on the status of that study in November.
--Responses are being received to some of the letters sent in
early September to the hosts of Chinese scholars where possible
technology transfer concerns had been identified. The additional
information provided often has satisfied COMEX concerns, but in a
number of cases requests for formal interagency Intelligence
Opinions have been initiated.
great majority of which concerned East European visitors.
--The proposed program of an East German to study parallel
image processing and the use of computers to analyze pictures was
assessed by COMEX as presenting a significant potential for loss of
critical US technology. COMEX observed that the research seems
directly relevant to the preparation of on-line image processing and
recommended that the program not be approved. Because the proposed
visit is privately.sponsored and procedures for assertive visa
control action are not yet established, the alternatives for denying.
the trip are limited. State Department asked the host to withdraw
visa support, but the host refused and has said that he would go to
the press if the government interferes with the visit. The next
step is to have a technical expert talk directly with the host to
obtain more detailed program information. It is possible that with
this information, COMEX can recommend restrictions that are
acceptable to the host.
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-J. EXCON Intelligence! Opinions. In October, the Trade Review Working
Group, EX N, received 38 export license cases to review from the Department
of Commerce. During the month,.39 intelligence reports (TR reports) primarily
dealing with end users and end use-were completed and forwarded to Commerce.
In addition, EXCON has begun receivin COCOM cases from State (the Economic
Defense Advisory Committee--mechanism). End users checks are conducted on
many of these. For example, Of the total of 89 COCOM cases discussed by the
EDAC Working Group I during the month, 29 involved questions for the EXCON
representative or EXCON reports regarding end users. Similarly, EXCON
provided input to seven of the 26 cases discussed in the EDAC Executive
Committee meeting in October.
K. EXCON Developments. At the 13 October EXCON meeting,
Mr. Joseph Tafe, Department of Justice, briefed on the use of intelligence by
the export enforcement community. Dr. Gus Weiss, Chairman NSC Coordinating
Committee on Technology Transfer, also spoke.briefly at the meeting,
mentioning in particular the need for additional Intelligence Community
resources to support policymakers dealing with technology transfer concerns.
The Yugoslavian study is mentioned above. Other developments of particular
interest include the following:
--Due to the high-level of interest in the Advisory Committee
on Export Policy mechanisms, special emphasis has been given to
checking on two.Hungarian end users--VIDEOTON and Radio Engineering
.Plant, Budapest. These firms are extensively involved in the
production of radio and communications equipment for both civilian
and military use.
--The Chairman, EDAC Executive Committee, asked for an EXCON
opinion on the proposed export to the Chinese Ministry of Posts and
Telecommunications of the components for an ITT-1241 digital
telephone exchange system. TR-30-82 concluded that such export
would not be in keeping with national security interests as imparted
in NSDD-11 relating to one of the five special mission areas and
would seriously impact on intelligence gathering. Subsequently, at
the request of State DAS Halper, a report was prepared providing
background information in support of interagency policy
deliberations regarding the proposed sale. See EXCON-C-010.
L. Collection Guidance. The Collection Guidance Working Group (CGWG)
continues to be very active. chairperson, briefed TTIC at
a special meeting at FSTC on 21 October regarding the activities and the
progress of the group. Her formal presentation highlighted in particular the
work of the group in identifying, collating, and characterizing various kinds
of general collection requirements dealing with technology transfer.
Preparations also are underway to hold an all-source assessment seminar on
15 November. Chaired by Chairman, TTIC, seminar participants will discuss the
adequacy and usefulness of reporting from particular all-source collection
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mechanisms regarding several is of technology transfer to the Soviet
Union and Eastern Europe.
M. Data Bases. The Data Base Working Group met again in October.
Efforts to develop an inventory of'technology transfer-related data bases are
proceeding. Loading of the COMEX ADP System rnntinii c with tho ai,1 of
Communist visitors now is in the files. The TTIC staff data base specialist
also is working on the development of an automated data base to include
sizeable overtime crew.
information about export licensing cases that EXCON reviews.
Executive Secretary
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