COORDINATING COMMITTEE RECORD OF DISCUSSION ON PROPOSAL TO EXPORT GONIOMETER DIRECTION FINDING EQUIPMENT TO POLAND MARCH 12TH AND 18TH , 1959

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• Publication Date: March 18, 1959
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March 18ths 1959
COCOM Document No. 3459
COORDINATING COMMITTEE 4~4
RECORD OF DISCUSSION
ON
GERMAN PROPOSAL TO EXPORT GONIOML'TER DIRECTION FINDING EQUIPMENT TO POLAND
March 12th and 18th 1959
resent: Belgium(Lwcembourg), Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Statov.
eforenco: C000M 3425.
1. The CHAIRMAN drew the attention of the Committee to the German proposal
to export three mobile goniomoter direction finding sots to Poland. He invited
pelogatos to give to views of their authorities.
2. The NETHERLANDS Delegate said that his authorities would associate
themselves with the views of the majority of the Oommittoo on this request.
They felt that since the equipment was suitable for detecting unknovm
transmitter stations it would have definite military uses.
3. The FRENCH Delegate stated that this equipment was not of strategic
importance because of its narrow range, low accuracy and the ease with which
it could be jammed. For those reasons it was not likely to be used for
military purposes. 11 very wide band was used to locate disturbances in
radio transmission and for military purposes the band normally used was
three times that of the sets in question. The ace6racy of this equipment
ins a low as 10 or 20 degrees when installed in a vehicle and it was in
fact very inconvenient to mount this typo of equipment on a vehicle because
of its size.. If, for example, the equipment were to be used on a frequency
of up to 10 megacycles the vehicle would be as largo as 12 metros by 12
metres in size. This equipment moreover could locate only direct waves,
it could not pick up reflected waves. In view of the country of destination
and the end-use to which the equipment was to be put, the French authorities
raised no objection to the export,
4. The ITALIAN Delegate was without instructions. The UNITED STATES Delegate
said the initial reaction of his authorities was negative, but they would
appreciate an additional period of perhaps 10 days to consider the matter further.
The DELGAIN Delegate said that his authorities could accept the view of the
majority and there were no objections from the other Members of the Committoo.
5. The GERMAN Delegate expressed his thanks for the favourable replies
which had boon given and looked forward to receiving the final views of the
uninstructed Delegations. He expressed the hope that their views would be
favourable and added that if there were any objections to this export, his
authorities expected that all Member Countries would also refrain from
exporting such equipment to the Soviet Bloc.
6. The COMMITTEE aAreod to hoar the further views of Qovornmonts on March 19th.
7. On March 18th the ITALIAN D4ogato informed the Committee that his
authorities had no objection to this export.
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CORRIGENDUM to
COCOM Document No. 34,59
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COORDINATING COMMITTEE
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C O R R I G E N D U M T O
RECORD OF DISCUSSION
ON
GERMAN PROPOSAL TO EXPORT GONIOMETER DIRECTION FINDING.EQUIPMENT TO POLAND
Paragraph 3 should road as followse
3. The FRENCH Delegate stated that the equipment concerned was of no
strategic importance bocauso of its narrow range and its low degree of
accuracy, which made its use for military purposes unlikely. A very wide
band was utilisod to locate disturbances in radio transmission, whereas
the band normally used in tho military field was only one-third of the
width of that for the equipment under consideration. If it wore desired
to attain a givon frequency without impairing the accuracy, an Adcock
antenna system would be required, but this would call for vehicles 12
metros long by 12 metros wide. If on the contrary, -as in the case in
question, a rotating loop system wore used, this equipmentts accuracy was
of a low order and did not enable location of distant stations because the
reflected waves disturbed the direct waves; this accuracy would be in the
region of 10 to 200. For these reasons, and in view of the country of
destination and of the end-use of this equipment, the French Government
raised no objections to-Lis proposal.
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