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MEMORANDUM FOR: EXECUTIVE 

ASST EXEC FO~ PLANN & COORD 

INTELLIGEKCE GROUP 

SECURITY GROUP 

TRAINING C1ROUP 

ASST EXEC FOR Am~INISTRATION 

CHIEF, ARMY SECURITY AGENCY 

CHIEF, GIG ASS~ EXEC FOR FOREIGN LIAI30N 

SUBJECT: Unclassified Tech Info 

1. In compliance with letter, Secretary of 

Defense, 9 Nov 48, this Division '\'Till forward all 

requests for the export of Tech Info from foreign 

recipients to the Office of International Trade, 

Department of Commerce, for review, processing and 

reply. 

2. Requests of this nature received by Groups, 

Asst Execs and agencies of ID '\till be forwarded t.o 

the Asst Exec for Planning & Coordination. Asst Exec 

!or Plann & Coord will clear the request through the 

ID Committee for the Release of Unclassified Technological Information, record ID's view on the matter 

and forward to the Department of Commerce for final 

action. 

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Memo fr Sec Def 

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THg SECRETAH.Y OF DEFfil!SE 

Washington 

9 lfoverr.ber 1948 

llEl.lGRANDUM FOR .TOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF 

CHAIRY.AN, 1lUNITIONS BOAHB 

CHAIRMAN, 11E3EARCH AND DEVELOP:t...'E!JT EOAUD 

SECRETARY OF THE AR.Y.Y 

SECRETARY Or THE NAVY 

SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE 

L In compliance with tt.e at ta.ched request dated 

3 Uovember 1948 from the SANACC Interdepartmental Committee 

on Industrial Security, I desire that requests from Uriit.ed 

States private citi.i:ens, business and professional orr:anizations, state and local governments, and the like, for 

advice on the security aspects or the export or technology 

to foreign recipients, be referred to tho Office of International Trade of the Department of Commerce for review, processin~ and reply. 

/s/ Forrestal 

James Forrestal 

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In reply re!er to 

S/S-S 

My dear ]!.r. Secretary: 

ffovember 3, 1948 

Reference is made to the letter from Mr. H. W. Moseley, 

Secretary of the State-Army-Navy-Air Force Coordinating 

Comr.i.ittee, to you dated June 14, 1948, announcing the establishment of the Interdepartraental Committee on Industrial 

Security. Your Department is represented on this Committee 

by Colonel Edison A. Lynn of the Munitions Board, Lieutenant 

Colonel Lewis F. Shull and Major John F. Voran (Alternate) of 

the Department of the Army, Commander T<enneth F. ~·weaver and 

Lieutenant John Renninger (Alternate) or the Department or the 

Navy, and Major William G. Florence of the Department of the 

Air Force. 

One of the principal concerns in the industrial security 

field has been the problem of what controls, if any, are necessary and practicable over the export of American industrial, te 

technological and scientific information not under the control 

ot the National Military Establishment -- information which 

would contribute to the mjlitary potential of foreign countrieR. 

One opportunity for controls has been thrusting itself 

upon the Government daily; the many requests for advice about 

exporting technology which are received from private citizens 

and business enterprises. These requests for advice have up 

to noll been directed to many agencies of the Government: State, 

Army, Navy, etc. In each case a reply has to be given recomr.i.ending for or against the export of a certain item of technology 

or in some cases refusing to take a position. 

The Honorable 

Jam.es Forrestal, 

'Secretary of 'Defense.