Foreign Military Sales: A Growing Concern, Departments of State and Defense : Report to the CongressU.S. General Accounting Office, 1976 - Broj stranica: 46 |
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Stranica 1 - In cases involving other types of aggression we shall furnish military and economic assistance when requested and as appropriate. But we shall look to the nation directly threatened to assume the primary responsibility of providing the manpower for its defense.
Stranica 2 - Accordingly, it remains the policy of the United States to facilitate the common defense by entering into international arrangements with friendly countries which further the objective of applying agreed resources of each country to programs and projects of cooperative exchange of data, research, development, production, procurement, and logistics support to achieve specific national defense requirements and objectives of mutual concern.
Stranica 2 - Sec. 51.14 (a) It is the sense of the Congress that the recent growth in international transfers of conventional arms to developing nations — (1) is a cause for grave concern for the United States and other nations in that in particular areas of the world it increases the danger of potential violence among nations, and diverts scarce world resources from more peaceful uses; and (2) could be controlled progressively through negotiations and agreements among supplier and recipient nations. (b) Therefore,...
Stranica 23 - In considering a request for approval of any transfer of any weapon, weapons system, munitions, aircraft, military boat, military vessel, or other implement of war to another country, the President shall not give his consent under paragraph (2) to the transfer unless the United States itself would transfer the defense article under consideration to that country.
Stranica 18 - Agency and shall take into account his opinion as to whether such assistance will — (1) contribute to an arms race; (2) increase the possibility of outbreak or escalation of conflict; or (3) prejudice the development of bilateral or multilateral arms control arrangements.
Stranica 10 - ... (2) interest on the unpaid balance of that obligation for payment of the value of such articles or services, at a rate equivalent to the current average interest rate, as of the last day of the month preceding the financing of such procurement that the United States Government pays on outstanding marketable obligations of comparable maturity, unless the President certifies to Congress that the national interest requires a lesser rate of interest and states in the certification the lesser rate...
Stranica 11 - That none of the funds contained in this authorization shall be used to guarantee, or extend credit, or participate in an extension of credit in connection with any sale of sophisticated weapons systems, such as missile systems and jet aircraft for military purposes, to any underdeveloped country other than Greece, Turkey, Iran, Israel, the Republic of China, the Philippines, and Korea unless the President determines that such financing is important to the national security of the United States and...
Stranica 28 - Committee is concerned about the serious drain on the inventories of US forces caused by the transfer of major equipments to other nations through the Foreign Military Sales program since these transfers obviously reduce the combat readiness of our forces to some degree and delay planned force modernization.
Stranica 26 - ... in each case those transactions which have preceded it so we must also concern ourselves with those consequences which, based on experience, we know are certain to follow. All of these problems are especially severe where technology transfers are concerned. To estimate the potential impact of an export of technology is much more difficult than to assess the importance of exporting a finished product.
Stranica 17 - Many proposals for restraining international traffic in conventional arms on a regional or worldwide basis have been made since World War II. These proposals have envisaged the use of one or more of three general methods, (1) registration of international arms transfers by the United Nations or some other international agency, (2) arrangements among supplier countries to restrict shipments of arms to certain areas, and (3) arrangements among recipient countries to limit imports of armaments. There...