The Nation - News from July 15, 1987

Although “serious damage” has been done to the security of Western nations by Toshiba Machine Co.’s sale of sensitive equipment to the Soviets, the White House does not support efforts to severely restrict Toshiba’s sales and operations in this country, Edward Derwinski of the State Deparment, told the House Ways and Means subcommittee on trade. In Tokyo, Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone called the sales of propeller-milling machines, which help make Soviet submarines quieter and harder to detect, a “betrayal” against the Japanese people.