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V. S. National Museum, Washington, D. (-.; Prof. JIichard Chace 

 ToLMAX, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, 

 Illinois; Prof. Edwin Bidwell Wilso.v, Department of Physics, Mas- 

 sachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Dr. 

 WooDROW WiLSOxV. The White House Washington, D. C. 



RESEARCH IXFORMATION COMMITTEE 



1. By jomt action the Secretaries of War and Naw, with the ap- 

 proval of the Council of National Defense, have authorizerl and ap- 

 proved the organization, through the National Research Council, of a 

 Research Information Committee in Washington with Branch Com- 

 mittees in Paris and London, which are intended to work in close co- 

 operation with the officers of the Military and Naval Intelligence, 

 and whose fimction shall be the securing, classifying, and disseminating 

 of scientific, technical, and industrial research information, especially 

 relating to war problems, and the interchange of such information be- 

 tween the Allies in Europe and the United States. 



2. In Washmgton the Committee consists of: 



(a) A civilian member, representing the National Research Council, 

 Dr. S. W. Stratton, Chairman; 



(b) The Chief, Military Intelligence Section; 



(c) The Director of Naval Intelligence. 



3. The initial organization of the Committee in London is: 



(a) The Scientific Attache, representmg the Research Information 

 Coirmiittee, Dr. H. A. Bumstead, Attache; 



(b) The Military Attache, or an officer deputed to act for him; 



(c) The Naval Attache, or an officer deputed to act for him, 



4. The initial organization of the Committee in Paris is: 



(a) The Scientific Attache, representmg the Research Information 

 Committee, Dr. W. F. Durand, Attache; 



(b) The Military Attache, or an officer deputed to act for him; 

 (cj The Naval Attache, or an officer deputed to act for him. 



5. The chief functions of the foreign committees thus organized are 

 mtended to be as follows: 



(a) The development of contact with all important research labora- 

 tories or agencies, governmental or private; the compilation of prob- 

 lems and subjects under investigation; and the collection and compila- 

 tion of the results attained; 



(b) The classification, organization, and preparation of such infor- 

 mation for transmission to the Research Information Committee in 

 Washington; 



(c) The maintenance of continuous contact with the work of the 

 offices of Military and Naval Attaches m order that all duplication of 

 work or crossing of effort may be avoided, with the consequent waste 

 of time and energy and the confusion resultmg from crossed or dupli- 

 cated efifort; 



