U.S.-East Bloc Talks Target High-Tech Exports to Soviets
The United States has started talks with Poland and Hungary on preventing diversion of U.S. high-technology exports to the Soviet Union, Commerce Secretary Robert A. Mosbacher said Sunday.
Mosbacher’s remarks came a day after President Bush signaled that his Administration is ready to consider relaxing of export controls involving Warsaw Pact nations.
Mosbacher, appearing on NBC-TV’s “Meet the Press” program, was asked about a pending request by the Control Data Corp. to sell several high-powered computers to the Soviet Union.
He responded that “we’ll have to look at each item on a case-by-case basis.”
“We released middle technology, and we’re going to look to see whether it should go higher than that,” Mosbacher said. “Eastern European countries, yes; the Soviet Union, we’d have to be very careful.”
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
