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Has the Department formulated a long-range plan for diplomatic 

 policy respecting selected items of high technology? Has it identified 

 low technologies of particular diplomatic significance and designed 

 courses of action to exploit their significance over the long-range 

 future? 



Have multinational regional patterns of technology been defined 

 as a basis for constructive diplomacy by the United States? 



Has there been a determination of future U.S. needs for technology, 

 available abroad, that diplomacy might help to meet? Has attention 

 been given to the design of processes, procedures, and institutions that 

 diplomacy can help to create to meet these needs? Or have existing 

 diplomatic processes, procedures, and institutions been examined as to 

 their possible usefulness for this purpose? What analytical resources 

 are needed and what plans are afoot to mobilize these resources? 



What are the criteria that determine the effectiveness of techno- 

 logical diplomacy? 



What academic and other outside resources has the Department of 

 State tapped for analyses in these fields? 



What institutions are available to implement technological aspects 

 of U.S. foreign relations and how are they (or how could they be) 

 enlisted for this purpose? 



What are the advantages and disadvantages of international 

 transfers of high and low technology, and what are the implications of 

 these advantages and disadvantages for U.S. diplomatic policy? 

 Might policy deal selectively with the transfers (either export or 

 import) of high or low technology? Is technology transfer an ap- 

 propriate subject for international treaties? 



What efforts has the Department of State made, or should it make, 

 to bring to the attention of decisionmakers the diplomatic interest in 

 public mvestment in R, & D. supportive of high or low technology? 



