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TECHNOLOGY  TRANSFER  INTELLIGENCE  COMMITTEE 
(Effective  3  December  1981) 
Pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  Section   102  of  the  National  Security   Act  of   1947  and 
Executive  Order  12333,  there  is  established  a  Technology  Transfer  Intelligence  Committee. 
/.  Mission 
The  mission  of  the  Technology  Transfer  Intelligence  Committee  (TTIC)  is  to  serve  as  the 
focal  point  within  the  Intelligence  Community  on  all  technology  transfer  issues.  The 
Committee  will  coordinate  Community  activities  and  will  be  the  principal  source  of 
intelligence  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 
Intelligence  Community  committees  and  appropriate  agencies  to  ensure  that  intelligence 
information  collected  on  technology  transfer  is  consistent  with  the  DCVs  priorities  and 
guidance  and  meets  the  needs  of  Community  production  organizations. 
2.  Definitions 
Technology  transfer  encompasses  all  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  Intelligence  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 
technology  transfers  and,  as  appropriate,  their  implications  for  U.S.  national 
security; 
c.  advise  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  recommend  changes  as  appropriate; 
d.  provide  foreign  intelligence  support  on  export  control  issues  to  appropriate  U.S. 
Government  agencies; 
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e  monitor  all  technologv  transfer  intelligence  concerning  foreign  efforts  to  acquire 
U.S.  and  Western  technologv  and  provide  appronate  analyses  to  I  S  Government 
organizations  concerned  with  protection  and  countermeasures.  including  counter- 
intelligence organizations. 
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.  Responsibilities  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. 
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