NSSD 7-87 National and Multilateral Strategic Export Control

CONFIDENTIAL 3 ILU 5. Recommendations for improving and harmonizing the licens- ing and enforcement efforts of the U.S. and its COCOM allies; 6. U.S. and COCOM initiatives concerning third-country cooperation in strategic-export controls; 7. Greater coordination of interagency efforts to further the goals of strategic export controls and to maintain U.S. competitiveness; 8. Measures to improve administrative efficiencies of national and multilateral strategic export controls; 9. Provide recommendations on the appropriate rate of further liberalization of export controls to the PRC if warranted at this time. In addition, before the overall study is completed, I am directing senior representatives of the Departments of State, Defense, and Commerce to meet immediately to consider possible legislative proposals that might be included in the Adminis- tration's Competitiveness bill which I will transmit to Con- gress in February. Recommendations from these agencies should be reported to me by no later than close of business, Monday, February 2. x Administration The Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology, as the Chairman of the Senior Interagency Group on Transfer of Strategic Technology (SIG-TT) will be responsi- ble for the day-to-day management and coordination of the study effort. He will be assisted by an Executive Committee consist- ing of senior representatives of the Departments of State, Commerce and Defense. The Chairman of the SIG-TT, after consulting the Executive Committee, will submit the study outline by February 5, 1987, to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. The study should be completed no later than early March, 1987. tal Policy initiatives and other recommendations from the study team will be submitted to a senior policy group chaired by the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. The interagency group will include senior representatives from the Departments of State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, Commerce, Energy, Office of Management and Budget, Central Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Trade Representative, Office of Policy Development, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy. (s) Rould Reagan CONFIDENTIAI