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094359 1 (1979-03-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxjo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: \\*flUUUuU United States General Accounting Office Washington, D. C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10:00 a.m. EST Monday, March 5, 1979 )94359 Statement of Elmer B. Staats Comptroller General of the United States before the --) I- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on [Administration of Export Controls c V Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: We are pleased to be here today to discuss with you the I administration of export controls. Last October, we issued a report on this subject, and we recently issued a second report which discusses additional export control issues. As you know, our 1976 report on East-West trade 1/ also discussed aspects of export control administration. In summary, our reports point out that the Government does not have an effective policymaking structure to reconcile the conflicting goals of export promotion and export control. Further, the decisionmaking apparatus for determining what technology or products should be controlled is unwieldy and time consuming. On top of these problems, the 1/ The Government's Role in East-West Trade--Problems and Issues, February 4, 1976 CD 014 3soy C