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and Soviet Communist Party Secretary Leonid Brezhnev both postu- 

 late that the changes occurring in U.S.-Soviet relations will influence 

 the stability of the international community for some years to come. 



The prospect of increased U.S.-Soviet technology transfers raises 

 important questions of national security and creates special require- 

 ments for institutional changes that can insure mutual benefits in fu- 

 ture economic interactions. U.S. policymakers, legislative as well as 

 executive, will be faced with hard questions : What kinds of U.S. tech- 

 nology do Soviet leaders want to import? Can such technical informa- 

 tion be safely exported to the Soviet Union without enhancing its mili- 

 tary capabilities? What technological contributions will U.S.-Soviet 

 commercial exchanges make to U.S. industry? What risks will these 

 exchanges pose to specific U.S. industries and industrial corporations? 

 Such questions suggest some of the complex and difficult problems 

 which continue to be involved in the growing interaction of U.S. for- 

 eign economic policy, technology policy, and diplomacy. 



