...Secretary of Defense issued a departmental directive on export control and defense technology. This states that: "Defense's primary objective in the control...technology is to protect the United States' lead time rel ati ve to its principal adversaries in the application of technology to military capabilities."...

...August 1977 "Interim DoD Policy Statement on Export Control of United States Technology" (attachment 1) emphasized that: "Defense's primary objective in the...control of exports of US technology is to protect the I'nited States' lead time relative to its potential adversaries in the application of technology to...

...Secretary of Defense issued a departmental directive on export control and defense technology. This states that: "Defense's primary objective in the control...protect the United States' lead time relative to its principal adversaries in the application of technology to military capabilities ." The directive further...

...Secretary of Defense issued a departmental directive on export control and defense technology. This states that: “Defense's primary objective in the control...protect the United States' lead time relative to its principal adversaries in the application of technology to military capabilities.” The directive further...

...Secretary of Defense issued a departmental directive on export control and defense technology. This states that: "Defense's primary objective in the control...protect the United States' lead time relative to its principal adversaries in the application of technology to military capabilities." The directive further...

...goals, it must discharge its concern without restricting US trade and exports any more than necessary. Defense's primary objective in the control of exports...protect the United States' lead time relative to its principal adversaries in the application of technology to military capabilities. This lead time is...

...August 26, 1977. In this policy statement, the Secretary emphasized that : "Defenseis primary obective in the control of exports of US technology is to protect the United Statesi lead time relative to its potential adversaries in the applications of technology to military...

...Secretary of Defense Harold Brown states the objective of export controls of United States technology as : "Defense's primary objective in the control of exports...application of technology to military capabilities." Technology controls are especially important since the primary advantage that the United States has...

...Secretary of Defense Harold Brown states the objective of export controls of United States technology as : "Defense's primary objective in the control of exports...application of technology to military capabilities." Technology controls are especially important since the primary advantage that the United States has...

...since it highlights the point I've just made. It says, and I quote: Defense's primary objective in control of exports of US technology is to protect...application of technology to military capabilities. Relative to this point, I note that since 1970, the Soviet Union has acknowledged its need for US and...