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Appendix H: Statement of Admiral B.R. Inman for the May 11, 1982, Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations Hearing on Technology Transfer
Pages 140-142

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From page 140... ... I would like to take this opportunity to again enter into the public record the kinds of problems we are dealing with, and the importance of the various Soviet bloc mechanisms for acquiring Western technology. First, as we look at the militarily useful, militarily related technology which the Soviets have acquired f rom the West , about 70 percent of these acquisitions have been accomplished by the Soviet and East European intelligence services, using clandestine, technical, and overt collection operations. Read the entire page →
From page 141... ... � Small and medium-size firms and research centers that develop advanced component technology and designs, including advanced civil technologies with future military applications. The task is likely to become even more difficult in the future as several trends identified in the 1970s continue into the 1980s: � First, since the early 1970s, the Soviets and their surrogates among the East Europeans have been increasingly using their national intelligence services to acquire Western civilian technologies -- for example, automobile, energy, chemicals, and even consumer electronics. Read the entire page →
From page 142... ... A TTIC Subcommittee on Exchanges advises appropriate U.S. government departments and agencies of the technology transfer implications and foreign intelligence equities involved in exchange programs and commercial contacts with nationals from designated foreign countries and recommends changes as appropriate. Read the entire page →

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... I would like to take this opportunity to again enter into the public record the kinds of problems we are dealing with, and the importance of the various Soviet bloc mechanisms for acquiring Western technology. First, as we look at the militarily useful, militarily related technology which the Soviets have acquired f rom the West , about 70 percent of these acquisitions have been accomplished by the Soviet and East European intelligence services, using clandestine, technical, and overt collection operations.

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... � Small and medium-size firms and research centers that develop advanced component technology and designs, including advanced civil technologies with future military applications. The task is likely to become even more difficult in the future as several trends identified in the 1970s continue into the 1980s: � First, since the early 1970s, the Soviets and their surrogates among the East Europeans have been increasingly using their national intelligence services to acquire Western civilian technologies -- for example, automobile, energy, chemicals, and even consumer electronics.

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... A TTIC Subcommittee on Exchanges advises appropriate U.S. government departments and agencies of the technology transfer implications and foreign intelligence equities involved in exchange programs and commercial contacts with nationals from designated foreign countries and recommends changes as appropriate.

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Appendix H: Statement of Admiral B.R. Inman for the May 11, 1982, Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations Hearing on Technology Transfer Pages 140-142

Appendix H: Statement of Admiral B.R. Inman for the May 11, 1982, Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations Hearing on Technology Transfer
Pages 140-142