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The memorandum reports that the United States is South Africa's top supplier of high-tech equipment. Despite the United Nations arms embargo, the U.S. government licenses the commercial export of a vast array of sensitive technology to Pretoria, including computers, electronics, electrooptics, and communication equipment. The memorandum says the Anti-Apartheid Act should be strengthened. Specifically, it should bar exports to South Africa of commodities on the Munitions List and of electronics, electronic components, communications gear, instrumentation equipment, and aircraft parts as well as computers. All exports should be banned to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and to all South Africa commercial military contractors; note that ARMSCOR farms our contracts to approximately 1,000 local contractors, all of which has access to U.S. exports on the commercial market. The Commodity Control List should be used as a basis for reviewing license requests for exports to South Africa. Also regulations should include no exceptions or loopholes.

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U.S. High-Tech Sales to South Afri.ca

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