Jimmy Carter actually said...

I direct that you, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and other appropriate officials, review and revise our policy with respect to the export of high technology and other strategic items to the Soviet Union.

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Memorandums From the President on Exports of High Technology and Other Strategic Items to the Soviet Union

01/07/1980

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