It is to be expected, however, that Washington will be urged to trade a relaxation of the export control standard on machine tools for promises of greater allied efforts on enforcement.

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Special emphasis in this decontrol proposal is on computers, machine tools, and telecommunications equipment.

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Ironically, as the debate intensifies over the appropriate controls on the export of machine tools, fresh evidence has just become public concerning the direct military use being made by the USSR of accurate systems illegally acquired from the Italian firm, Olivetti.

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Most recently, the Administration decided on 19 January 1990 to exempt certain East European countries from export controls on selected items such as advanced computers, telecommunications equipment, and machine tools.

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