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                  U.S. General Accounting Office
                     Washington, D.C.   20548

                                       FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                       Expected at 10:00 a.m.
                                       March 4, 1980


                        Statement of                       \

                        James A. Duff

         Associate Director, International Division

                  before a hearing of the

            Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

                             on

           1    Impact of Raising or Repealing the

                Commercial Arms Sales Ceiling


Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:

     We are pleased to be here today to testify before this

Committee on our review of the impact of raising or repealing

the commercial arms sales ceiling.                         i    '

     Pursuant to Public Law 96-92, no commercial sales to

foreign countries of major defense equipment in excess of    2

$35 million are permitted, except to our 14 NATO allies,

Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Sales of major defense

equipment prohibited by Public Law 96-92 can only be made

under a foreign military sales agreement, which is a            2b







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