DR. DAVID'S INTEREST IN THE CATALYTIC CRACKER FOR POLAND

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• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: March 10, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR MR. KISEINGER
FROM: Helmut ::-3onnenfeldt
SUBJECT:
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March 10, 1971
Davidif. Interest in the Catalytic Cracker
for Poland
Dr. David's Polish counterpart, Jan Kaczmarek, is expected to visit in
April. Dr. David has written to you (Tab B) to expreFs his hope that he
might be able to tell Xaczmarek that if the Poles are still interested in
purchasing US fluid catalytic cracking technology, the US would be willing
to reconsider the matter, in this way, he argues, there could be no
pov*ible ernbarassment to the Polish Government which would otherwise
result if we suddenly approved the sale.
You will recall that last year the President decided against the sale of this
technology to Poland at the time he decided in favor of the sale of or
sophisticated hydro-cracking technology to .4ornania (Romania has had the
catalytic cracker for five years).
The Commerce-chaired Advisory Committee on export Policy recently
completed at the expert level a report on catalytic cracking export. A
majority (State, ..;:commerce, CIA and OST) would establish a presumption
of aqprovai for licensing catalytic crackers for Eastern Europe, while the
minority (Interior and Defense) would not support a presumption of approval.
Dr. David refers to this report in his memorandum.
i assume that given the fluid Eituation in Poland, and the general thrust of
the President's recent decisions on trade with Eastern Europe, you will wish
to advise Dr. David that now is not the appropriate time for us to advance
any signal to the Poles on catalytic crackers. At the same time, should the
Pole raise it, Ed David could be authorized to say that he will look into the
matter. A memorandum to that effect is at Tab A.
A E COMMENDATION
That you sign the memorandum to 'i)r. David at Tab A.
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L. DAVID
Henry A. tt
The Vit of Jai Kaczmarek
pprec ate your memorandum on the visit of your Polish counterpart.
V, hilts understand your views on the question of the catalytic cracker,
do not believe that the occasion of his visit would be an appropriate time
for us to take an Initiative. if the Pole should raise the matter, l believe
you should simply indicate that you wiI1 look into it. Perhaps: after his
visit, and takirtg Into account any view k on the issue he may offer, we
might then take another look at it,.
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MEMORANDUM FOR
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 23, 1971
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
The White House
Subject: Visit of Chairman of Polish Committee for Science
and Technology
I expect my Polish counterpart, Jan Kaczmarek, to be here at the
end of March or beginning of April. In preparing for his visit, I
wonder if it is useful to reconsider last year's Polish request to
purchase U.S. fluid catalytic cracking technology of the kind sold
to Romania in 1965.
A recent interagency review of the strategic considerations in the
export of such technology to Eastern Europe is just being completed
under the chairmanship of Commerce. One of my staff members
participated and the conclusion of the majority favored an assumption
of approval of such cases in limited quantity to Eastern European
destinations. Interior and Defense constituted a "minority view" on
the Task Force, arguing that there was risk to the U.S. in providing
better gasoline-making technology to Eastern Europe. I concur with
the majority view.
I do not believe that one should simply move now to approve the Polish
case; however, if it were acceptable to the President, I would like to
be in a position in the course of my discussions with Kaczmarek to be
able to say that "if the Poles are still interested, the U.S. would now
be willing to reconsider the matter." In this manner any possible
embarassment of the new Polish Government vis-a-vis the Russians
by our sudden approval would be avoided.
I believe the State Department is also submitting a memo to you on
this subject. In any event, it seems to me that such a move might give
? the Kaczmarek visit, which is a new departure in itself from past Polish
behavior, a special significance and visibility with regard to overall
U.S. -Polish relations.
Edward E. David, Jr.
Science Adviser
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