UNCLASSIFIED DCID 3/13-1 DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE 3/13 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE (Effective 3 December 1981) Pursuant to the provisions of Section i102 of the National Security Act of 1947 and Executive Order 12333, there is established a Technoiogy Tran<fer Intelligence Committee. 1. Mission The mission of the Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee (TTIC) is to serve as the focal point within the Inteliigence Community on all technology transfer issues. The Committee will coordinate Community activities and will be the principal source of irelligence support for those U.S. Government entities charged with the responsibility for policy and action on technology transfer, issues. The Committee will work with other {ntelligence Community committees and appropriate agencies to ensure that intelligence information collected on technology transfer is consistent with the DCI's priorities and guidance and meets the needs of Community production organizations. 2. Definitions Technology transfer encompasses ail movements of advanced U.S. and equivalent Western technology and equipment with implications for U.S. security by enhancing the military and economic capabilities of recipient countries. Technology transfer intelligence includes the collection, processing, analysis, production and dissemination activities of the Intelligence Community designed to support U.S. Govern- ment departments and agencies with policy and enforcement responsibilities. Exchange programs and commercial contacts include all exchanges and visits by nationals from designated foreign countries which provide the potential for an intelligence or technological gain or loss. 3. Functions Under the general guidance of the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, the Committee will: . a. advise the DCI on the effectiveness of the Inte!ligence Community's role in support of U.S. Government policy on technology transfer issues: b. as directed. prepare coordinated intelligence assessments on the significance of technolegy transfers and, as appropriate, their implications for U.S. national security; c. advise appropriate U.S. Government departments and agencies of the technology transfer implicaticns and foreign intelligence equities invoived in exchange programs and commercial contacts with nationals from designated foreign countries and recommend changes as appropriate; d. provide foreign intelligence support on export control issues to appropriate U.S. Government agencies; Approved for Release Date ~ UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED OCID 3/13-2 e monitor all technology transfer intelligence concerning foreign efforts to acquire U.S. and Western technology and provide approriate analyses to LS Government organizations concerned with protection and countermeasures, including counter- intelligence organizaticns, f. provide priority guidance to collection systems on technology transfer issues, and g. establish an exchange of information with all departments and agencies concerned with the technology transfer problem to ensure that the utility of the Intelligence Community's activities is maintained. 4. Responsthilities of the Intelligence Community a. On request of the Committee Chairman, Intelligence Community elements shall, within established security ‘safeguards, provide information pertinent to the Committee’s mission and functions b. Intelligence Community components will keep the Committee Chairman advised of their specific foreign intelligence equities and of actions which might provide foreign intelligence collection opportunities. 5. Composition and Organization The Committee Chairman will be appointed by the Director of Central Intelligence. The members of the Committee will be representatives designated by the National Foreign Intelligence Council principals. The Committee on Exchanges (COMEX) will be a subcommittee of the TTIC. Other subcommittees will be established as required. With the approval of the DCI, the Committee Chairman may invite representatives of rel- evant U.S. Government entities with national security interests to participate as appropriate. The Committee will be supported by an Executive Secretariat. UNCLASSIFIED