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regional development programs, 



materials buffer stock network^ 



global food allocation and production enhancement, 



food preservation technology transfer, 



brain drain, 



regulation of multinational corporations. 

 To these might be added other items cited by Secretary Kissinger's 

 September 1, 1975, address to the U.N. General Assembly. Also, in 

 the event the Murphy Commission concept of a "Global Systems 

 Critical List of Problems and Opportunities" becomes a reality, it 

 would open the way to congressional participation in the process of 

 strategic planning. The Commission's suggestion of the National 

 Academy of Sciences as a possible source to prepare such a list indi- 

 cates the importance of science and technology as contributing 

 elements of future diplomacy. 



The prospect of congressional collaboration at the Presidential level 

 in the planning of foreign policy initiatives postulates the need for 

 senior-level expertise to backstop the congressional participants. 

 Such support could be provided by one or more (or perhaps a consor- 

 tium) of the Congressional Research Service, General Accounting 

 Office, and the Office of Technology Assessment. Alternatively, a new 

 institution suggested earlier in this study for long-range congressional 

 planning of world trends and strategy might be considered. Such a 

 group might also be organized as a special staff to support the proposed 

 joint committee on national security, in the event that "national 

 security" was redefined in broader than military terms. 



Recapitulation of Major Points 



The entire study of Science, Technology, and American Diplomacy 

 has documented the importance of technical subjects for the content 

 of U.S. foreign policy of the future. 



The importance of technology was shown to require strengthening 

 of the institutional arrangements for the conduct of diplomacy. 



Planning of U.S. foreign policy was shown to require a longer time 

 frame, a more positive and systematic approach in the origination of 

 policy initiatives, and a recognition of the many ways in which the 

 national interests of many countries are becoming interlocked. 



Participation of both executive and legislative branches in the 

 formulation of broad foreign policy goals and strategies was seen as 

 essential under the changing conditions resulting from advancing 

 technology. Increasing pubUc awareness and consensus with respect 

 to the national purposes from which foreign policy goals are derived — 

 and with respect to the foreign policy goals themselves — was also seen 

 as essential. 



Congressional participation in the process was shown to require 

 substantial support in the form of senior expertise in both technology 

 and diplomacy. 



The technical resources of the Department of State were shown to 

 require strengthening to balance, in the field of peaceful technology, 

 the organized intellectual resources of the Department of Defense in 

 the field of military technology, the latter providing some useful 

 models. A firm grasp of global strategy requires both kinds of ex- 

 pertise. In particular, the need was indicated for the State Depart- 

 ment to lead the way in marshaling American managerial skills and 



