CONGRESSIONAL STAFF DEL VISIT TO COCOM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01390R000700910048-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2010
• Sequence Number: 48
• Publication Date: February 1, 1986
• Content Type: CABLE

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/10/24: CIA-RDP90BO139OR000700910048-1
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CONFIDENTIAL
IMMEDIATE
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FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY PARIS IMMEDIATE 6789
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STATE 032060
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: FR, COCOM, KSTC
SUBJECT: CONGRESSIONAL STAFF DEL VISIT TO COCOM
2. HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS STAFF CONSULTANTS SUE ECKERT
(SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY AND TRADE)
AND KENNETH MOSS (SUBCOMMITTEE ON EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE
EAST) REQUEST MEETINGS AT COCOM ON FEBRUARY 10 AND 11.
STAFF DEL WISH TO ATTEND COCOM LIST REVIEW AND EXCEPTION
REQUEST MEETINGS AS OBSERVERS ON US DELEGATION, AND
AGREE TO HONOR CONFIDENTIAL NATURE OF DISCUSSIONS
OBSERVED, SUBJECT TO 12(C) OF THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
ACT OF 1979, AS AMENDED. IN ADDITION TO BRIEFING BY US
DELEGATION ON COCOM OPERATIONS AND PROCEDURES, STAFFDEL
WISH TO MEET WITH OTHER COCOM DELEGATIONS, PREFERABLY
REPRESENTATIVES FROM UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY, ITALY,
FRANCE AND JAPAN TO DISCUSS CURRENT COCOM POLICY ON
EAST-WEST, AS WELL AS WEST-WEST TRADE. STAFFDEL
AVAILABLE FOR MEETINGS SUNDAY FEB. 9 IF FEASIBLE.
3. BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED WITH
COMMITTEE MEMBERS OVER THE DENIAL OF CONGRESSMAN BOWER'S
REQUEST TO VISIT COCOM IN MARCH 1985 (SEE REFS A AND B),
THE DEPARTMENT HAS DECIDED TO REVIEW CONGRESSIONAL AND
STAFF DEL REQUESTS TO VISIT COCOM MEETINGS ON A
CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, BASED UPON OUR PERCEPTIONS OF THE
NATIONAL INTEREST. WE HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THIS STAFF DEL
REQUEST TO ATTEND COCOM LIST REVIEW AND EXCEPTIONS
REQUEST MEETINGS MEET THESE CRITERIA AND INSTRUCT THAT
USDEL CONSULT WITH COCOM CHAIRMAN AND OTHER COMMITTEE
MEMBERS REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR THE ATTENDANCE AT THESE
MEETINGS AS SCHEDULING PERMITS.
4. OTHER MEETINGS REQUESTED AT OECD THE AFTERNOON OF
FEBRUARY 10 AND 11 ARE SUBJECT OF STATE 31323. SHULTZ
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/10/24: CIA-RDP90BO139OR000700910048-1