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REPORT BY THE


LM109422


Comptroller General


OF THE UNITED STATES


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Opportunities To Improve

Decisionmaking And Oversight

Of Arms Sales



American conventional arms exports-abroad
have risen dramatically in the 1970s. Con-
gress has urged restraint, and in May 1977 the
President announced a policy of arms export
restraint to non-industrialized nations.

This report analyzes the implementation of
this policy, the decisionmaking process for
individual sales, and the congressional over-
sight role.


Unilateral restraint can be implemented more
effectively. The Department of State needs
to develop country-by-country restraint cri-
teria and plans for major arms purchasers.
Such criteria and plans would help change de-
cisionmaking from a reactive to a more antic-
ipatory process. Submission to Congress of
such annual country plans along with pro-
jections of purchases would also improve con-
gressional oversight.


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