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Criticizes the fact that the Soviet Union has access to Western technology which it is using to improve its military and technological capability. Total cost of goods sold by Western countries to the Soviets in the last 10 years; Author's claim that the people and institutions that are supposed to regulate this traffic are generally ill equipped to judge the possible impact of technology transfer; Sale of Bryant Centalign-B grinders to the Soviet Union; Ability of these machines to manufacture ball bearings with high precision needed for advanced missile guidance systems; Observation that Soviet experts usually attend Western scientific conferences and take specialized courses in Western universities.

Focuses on the situations that resulted to U.S. President Jimmy Carter's decisions regarding the country's foreign relations with the Soviet Union. Pressure on Carter applied by senators and allies in the administration, who threatened that Congress would take unilateral action to limit technology transfers to the Soviet Union if Carter did not do so himself; Carter's cancellation of the sale of a Sperry Univac computer to the news agency Tass for use during the 1980 Olympics; Terms of the Final Act of the Helsinki, Finland conference which the Soviet Union failed to fulfill; Message of Carter's Presidential Decision Memorandum 18.

Discusses the idea that Soviet Union leaders are turning to the U.S. to bring their nation to the leading edge of technology. Discussion of Soviet history and the technological exchange between the U.S. and Soviet Union; The influence of Fordism and Taylorism on the Soviet Union's technological development; Vladimir Lenin's embrace of American scientific management; Analogies to be drawn between Russia's transformation and the earlier growth of technology in the U.S.

Reports on senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Richard Staar's claim that Soviets are effective in gaining access to Western technology to improve weapons and military capabilities. United States' discovery of infiltration of its defense activities by Soviets; Features of the Soviet economy; Problem of technology transfer to the Soviet Union; Several instances of Soviet diversion to the military; Infiltration through Soviet representatives.