CURBS BEING URGED ON DATA TO SOVIET

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• Document Release Date: June 23, 2010
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• Publication Date: January 10, 1982
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CUBES BEING uRcD
ON DATA TO SOVIET
U.S. Off icials.Fear Unclassified
Scientific Information May..
Help Russian Military
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By PHILIP M. BOFFEY 7,-"
High Pentagon and intelligence.of#v
ciais are urging that action be take4to
stem the flow of unclassified scientillc
communication that might be of'r i11=
tary value to the Soviet Union.
Their Increasingly strong exhof -
tiors are causing concern among Iead.
i.lg scientists who consider an. urifat=
tered exchange of ideas and information
essential to the further progress of sci-
ence and to American technological and
military power.
Frank C. Carlucci, Deputy Secretary
_o! Defense, recently warned the Ami~ri-
can Association for the Advancement'ot
Science that "the Soviets exploit scien-
tific exchanges as well as a variety,Qf
other means in a highly orchestrated.
centrally directed effort aimed at gath-
errg the technical information required
to enhance their military posture."
In a letter published in last weeks,
issue of the association's journal, `Scl,
ence, he voiced concern over the diselo.
sure of sensitive information through
exchanges of scholars and students;
joint conferences, publication of articles
in the open scientific journals and tae
Government's own depositories of-tee)
iiJ:alc sta. ^'`
Failure to Provide Data
Mr. Carlucci said the exchange Plow
formation under bilateral agreement
was often "one-sided," with the Sot4jC
Union acquiring information from..- e
United States but failing to provided" r?ea uested in return.
He also said the Russians wens"tr yr
using" an exchange program for young
sc.':olars. He said the United States was,
sending young students, mostly .infif
humanities, while the Soviet Union was
sending senior technical people, sop,e
from military institutions.... : ;,-1-r:
NEW YORK TINES
10 JANUARY 1082
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Mr. Carlucci said Soviet exchangge.
scientists were often involved in appliadi
.military research. As an example,_he.
cited the case of a Soviet sciertist.whoi
studied "the technology of fuel-air.axl
plosives" at a leading American univee-i
sity in 1976-77, under the tutelage o,g;
professor who consulted on such devices
fortheNavy. . >'D
He said the Russian also ordered]
air explosives from the National Teclini-
technical depository operated by thf
the U.S.S.R. developing fuel air'explcr
sive weapons." -
Pentagon Is 'Alarmed'
now without infringing upon legitimate
for of Central Intelligence, went a-step
IntenuuIL; am I aon't take it iignuy. we
will not let the matter rest." -'
He said that Mr. Carlucci's "Ietter_f&
cured mainly on half a dozen 1;ad cases,
including some exchanges that were dir.
continued because they were so on&
sided" and that "he barely touched o n
the problems of-the open literature and
international conferences."
Frank Press, president of the.I3a~.l
tional Academy of Sciences and former 1
science adviser to President Cartes,
said that official exchange programs l
were of mutual benefit, not cne-sided,i
and that individual scholarly exchargestj
few scientists. "The big leakage is iT t;*-
trade journals and the open literature"
and we're not going to stop that, hei
said. "It's the price we pay for a free
society.'?. .,4
Marvin L.' Goldberger, president old
the California Institute of Technology;""
funds were provided and in examining l said he would "go slowly" on restricting,"
research results before they were pub=i the exchange of knowledge or ideas:' J
fished He expressed particular. concern He said such restrictions simply drive;
over "computer hardware and soft-; the best scientists away from.doing iIa- ;
ware, other electronic gear and tech-, portant research.
niques, lasers, crop projections,' arid]
"
manufacturing procedures.
Admiral Inman later said in a te1-4
phone interview he was expressing a'
personal opinion, and not the agency n!
views. He said he was not Concerned
about any areas of basic research, the]
kind of research that academic sciax
tists are most involved in, but be vas
concerned about some fields of app Led
research and technology.
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Pressurefor Curbs
Government - officials have Iong
sought to curb the export of devices-ar f
technical plans that can quickly be ap'-
plied to military or industrial purpose.'
In recent years, the Government I:9
also sought to stem the flow of sensitive
scientific information and ideas. Under-
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