The Commerce Department wrongly contended that, in addition to COCOM nations, a Swiss company could supply wire bonders when, in fact, no such capability currently exists.

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Overwhelming evidence substantiates the position that the Soviet Union does not now possess an indigenous capability to produce wire bonders or to obtain them from foreign sources in sufficient quantity or quality to render U.S. export controls irrelevant.

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Wire-bonders are devices essential to the efficient manufacture of high quality computer chips and other microelectronic devices.

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