	u s declines comment on schlumberger slb move a u s commerce department spokesman said the agency would have no comment on schlumberger ltd s announcement that it had terminated an agreement in principle to sell its fairchild semiconductor corp unit to fujitsu ltd sclumberger had said that controversy surrounding the venture made it unlikely the sale could be completed any time soon the sale was opposed by commerce and the u s defense department in part on national security grounds commerce chief spokesman b j cooper said the department had had no contact with schlumberger about the deal a defense department spokesman said the agency was unaware of schlumberger s announcement and would have no immediate reaction officials last week told reuters that commerce secretary malcolm baldrige and defense secretary caspar weinberger had joined forces to fight the planned sale because it could have left the u s military overly dependent on foreign sources for vital equipment used in high technology weapons administration opposition to the deal also stemmed from ongoing trade tensions between the united states and japan officials said reuter 
