[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 227 (Friday, November 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59481-59482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29828]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 2477]


Defense Trade Advisory Group; Notice of Upcoming Partially Closed 
Meeting

    The Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG) will meet beginning at 9:00 
a.m. on Thursday, December 5, 1996 in the Dean Acheson Auditorium, U.S. 
Department of State, 2201 C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20520. This 
advisory committee consists of private sector defense trade specialists 
who advise the Department on policies, regulations, and technical 
issues affecting defense trade.
    The DTAG will first meet in open session. The open session will 
include a presentation by representatives of the Department of State 
and the Department of Defense. Reports on DTAG Working Group progress, 
accomplishments, and future projects will also be presented.
    Members of the public may attend the open session as seating 
capacity allows, and will be permitted to participate in the discussion 
in accordance with the Chairman's instructions.
    As access to the Department of State is controlled, persons wishing 
to attend the meeting must notify the DTAG Executive Secretariat by COB 
Monday, November 25, 1996. If you notify the DTAG Secretariat after 
this date, the DTAG Secretariat cannot guarantee that State's Bureau of 
Diplomatic Security can complete the necessary background checks 
required for you to attend the December 5 plenary.
    Each person should provide his/her name, company or organizational 
affiliation, date of birth, and social security number to the DTAG 
Secretariat at telephone number (202) 647-4231 or fax number (202) 647-
4232 (Attention: Catherine Shelton). A list will be made up for 
Diplomatic Security and the Reception Desk at the C-Street Diplomatic 
entrance. Attendees must carry a valid photo ID with then. They should 
enter the building through the C-

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Street diplomatic entrance (22nd and C Streets, N.W.) where Department 
personnel will direct them to the Dean Acheson auditorium.
    Following the open portion of the meeting, a working lunch and 
briefings that the Department of State will arrange for DTAG members 
will involve discussions of classified and/or proprietary information 
pursuant to Executive Order 12958. The disclosure of classified and/or 
proprietary information essential to formulating U.S. defense trade 
policies would substantially undermine U.S. defense trade relations 
with foreign competitors. Therefore, these segments of the meeting will 
be closed to the public, pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix and 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(1), and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B).
    For further information, contact Catherine Shelton of the DTAG 
Secretariat, U.S. Department of State, Office of Arms Transfer and 
Export Control Policy (PM/ATEC), Room 2422 Main State, Washington, D.C. 
20520-2422. She may be reached at telephone number (202) 647-4231 or 
fax number (202) 647-4232.

    Dated: November 15, 1996.
Martha C. Harris,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Controls, Bureau of Political-
Military Affairs.

Determination for a Partially Closed Meeting of the Defense Trade 
Advisory Group

    In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (P.L. 92-463), as amended, I hereby determine that the afternoon 
portions of the meeting of the Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG) on 
Thursday, December 5, 1996 in the Department of States Dean Acheson 
Auditorium, 2201 C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20520 will be devoted 
to discussion of matters recognized as not subject to public disclosure 
pursuant to P.L. 92-463 and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1), and 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(9)(B), and in accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, and that the public interest requires such 
discussion to be withheld from public disclosure.
    The reasons supporting this determination are:
    (1) Documents classified in accordance with Executive Order 12958 
will be discussed; and
    (2) Discussions will include classified and/or proprietary 
information concerning defense trade issues, the public disclosure of 
which would adversely affect future actions of the Department.
    Other matters not requiring such protection may be discussed during 
the initial open portion of the meeting.

[FR Doc. 96-29828 Filed 11-21-96; 8:45 am]
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