9-19-95. WashRag: "U.S. Agencies at Odds On Computer Exports." The State, Commerce and Defense departments are pushing for a loosening of federal controls on the export of U.S. supercomputers to all but a few developing nations, a move that would put extraordinary computing power into the hands of governments that have long been denied it. The proposal also has collected strong support from the computer industry but has provoked criticism from the Energy Department and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Advocates of the plan want President Clinton to announce the new, weaker export limits during a proposed visit to a computer factory in California's Silicon Valley on Thursday. [No crypto mentioned.] "French Nuclear Program Closely Tied to U.S. Sharing of Sensitive Codes, Access to California Labs to Expand." Despite its claims of developing an independent nuclear deterrent, France has long relied on the U.S. for some of the most sophisticated technologies needed to upgrade and maintain a modern nuclear arsenal. Although known to specialists, the U.S.-French nuclear links have been little discussed over the years. Officials are currently are trying to negotiate an arrangement under which the two sides will begin to share sensitive computer codes that describe how bombs behave when they are detonated. France needs the data to make full use of access to two sophisticated new U.S. nuclear weapons research facilities that Washington has quietly offered French weapons experts. Deux: SUP_con (15 kb)