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This memorandum analyzes the draft Commerce Department regulations to implement President Reagan's Executive Order 12532 issued on September 9, 1985. The Executive Order was said to ban nuclear exports to South Africa, prohibit loans to the Pretoria government, pressure U.S. firms in South Africa to observe the Sullivan Code, work towards a ban on Krugerrand sales, and ban all computer sales to the South African security forces and apartheid-enforcing agencies. The memorandum reports that the Administration does not intend to solicit public comment on the draft regulations (most of which fall under the Export Administration Regulations). The memorandum discusses the United Nations arms embargo, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), civilian airplanes, ARMSCOR, Control Data, ICL, and IBM. • NEW ASPECTS • WHAT ARE THE BLIND SPOTS? • Loophole 1: Contract Sanctity • Loophole 2: Sales to Government Agencies • Loophole 3: Systems Assembled Outside the United States • Loophole 4: Definition of "Arms" • Loophole 5: Sales to Weapons-Makers • Loophole 6: Anti-Hijacking and Police Gear • Loophole 7: Aircraft Sales • Loophole 8: Inadequate Enforcement Mechanisms

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THE REAGAN SOUTH AFRICAN "COMPUTER BAN": AN ANALYSIS OF DRAFT EXPORT REGULATIONS FROM THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT

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