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108819 1 (1979-03-14)

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              United States General Accounting Office
                      Washington, D. C. 20548

                                         FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                         EXPECTED AT 2:00 p.m. EST
                                         Wednesday, March 14, 1979


                          Statement of

                        J. Kenneth Fasick

                Director, International Division  fi

                           before the            /-kS  c-LI

      Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade

                House Committee on Foreign Affairs

                               on

                Administration of Export Controls


  Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:

       We are pleased to be here today to discuss with you the

  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,

_~ur 1976 report on East-West trade 1/ also discussed aspects of

  export control administration.

       In summary, our recent 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



  1/ The Government's Role in East-West Trade--Problems and
     Issues, February 4, 1976



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