Crypto and Wassenaar Meeting

[John Young <jya@pipeline.com>]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory 
Committee; Partially Closed Meeting

    A meeting of the Transportation and Related Equipment Technical 
Advisory Committee will be held March 18, 1997, 9 a.m., in the Herbert 
C. Hoover Building, Room 1617M(2), 14th Street between Constitution & 
Pennsylvania Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The Committee advises the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration with 
respect to technical questions that affect the level of export controls 
applicable to transportation and related equipment or technology.

General Session

    1. Opening remarks by the Chairman.

    2. Presentation of public papers or comments.

    3. Report on the status of the Wassenaar Arrangement: 
implementation, List Review schedule, and reporting status.

    4. Report on the status of the encryption regulations.

    5. Update on the Missile Technology Control Regime.

    6. Discussion of commercial communications satellite and ``hot 
section'' technology regulations, in particular the status of the fuels 
issue.

Closed Session

    7. Discussion of matters properly classified under Executive Order 
12958, dealing with the U.S. export control program and strategic 
criteria related thereto.

    The General Session of the meeting will be open to the public and a 
limited number of seats will be available. To the extent time permits, 
members of the public may present oral statements to the Committee. 
Written statements may be submitted at any time before or after the 
meeting.