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Appendix G: Letter from Five University Presidients
Pages 136-139

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... 20301 Dear Messrs. Baldrige, Haig, and Weinberger: I am sending the attached letter on behalf of the Presidents of Cornell University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, the University of California, and Stanford University to convey our grave concern about attempts to extend export restrictions to American colleges and universities.
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From page 137...
... Program Office, attempts to restrict publication of unclassified university research results arising from DOD-sponsored projects, and a Department of Commerce mandate to at least one university barring certain foreign scholars from that university's sponsored research activities due to their citizenship. Unfortunately, these initiatives appear to be only the first of many such actions to follow.
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From page 138...
... The December 12, 1980, memorandum mentioned earlier pertaining to the VHSIC Program assumes basic research can be differentiated from areas such as device design and fabrication techniques, process equipment, and software, for which approval of publication or presentation normally would be denied. Such distinctions are proposed to be made by government employees, using criteria of questionable reliability and suitability.
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From page 139...
... For those university activities which remain unclassified, we urge the government to cease all attempts to apply the restrictions until the broader issues are resolved. We hope that after examining this issue carefully, you will clarify what has always been our understanding -- namely, that the regulations are not intended to limit academic exchange arising from unclassified research and teaching.
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