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trying to blunt growing demands from Western Europe for a relaxation of controls on exports to the Soviet bloc,
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 is questioning 
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whether Italy's Ing. C. Olivetti & Co. supplied militarily valuable technology to the Soviets.
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 Most of the Western European members of Coordinating Committee on Multilateral Export Controls, the unofficial forum 
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through which the U.S. and its allies align their export-control policies, 
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are expected to argue for more liberal export rules at a meeting 
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to be held in Paris Oct. 25 and 26. 
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They plan to press specifically for a relaxation of rules 
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governing exports of machine tools, computers and other high-technology products. 
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 But the Bush administration says 
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it wants to see evidence 
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that all Cocom members are complying fully with existing export-control procedures 
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before it will support further liberalization.
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 To make its point, 
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it is challenging the Italian government to explain reports 
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that Olivetti may have supplied the Soviet Union with sophisticated computer-driven devices 
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that could be used 
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to build parts for combat aircraft. 
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 The London Sunday Times, 
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which first reported the U.S. concerns, 
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cited a U.S. intelligence report as the source of the allegations 
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that Olivetti exported $25 million in embargoed, state-of-the-art, flexible manufacturing systems to the Soviet aviation industry.
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 Olivetti reportedly began shipping these tools in 1984.
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 A State Department spokesman acknowledged 
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that the U.S. is discussing the allegations with the Italian government and Cocom, 
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but declined to confirm any details.
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 Italian President Francesco Cossiga promised a quick investigation 
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into whether Olivetti broke Cocom rules.
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 President Bush called his attention to the matter during the Italian leader's visit here last week.
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 Olivetti has denied 
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that it violated Cocom rules, 
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asserting 
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that the reported shipments were properly licensed by the Italian authorities. 
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 Although the legality of these sales is still an open question, 
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the disclosure couldn't be better timed 
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to support the position of export-control hawks in the Pentagon and the intelligence community.
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 It seems to me that a story like this breaks just before every important Cocom meeting, 
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said a Washington lobbyist for a number of U.S. computer companies.
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 The Bush administration has sent conflicting signals about its export-control policies,
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 reflecting unhealed divisions among several competing agencies.
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 Last summer, Mr. Bush moved the administration in the direction of gradual liberalization 
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when he told a North Atlantic Treaty Organization meeting 
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that he would allow some exceptions to the Cocom embargo of strategic goods. 
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But more recently, the Pentagon and the Commerce Department openly feuded over the extent 
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to which Cocom should liberalize exports of personal computers to the bloc.
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 However, these agencies generally agree 
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that the West should be cautious about any further liberalization.
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 There's no evidence 
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that the Soviet program 
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(illegally) 
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acquire Western technology 
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has diminished, 
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said a State Department spokesman. 
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