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Issue Six — Science and Technology in the Department of State — Con. Page 



Status of the Issue 1691 



Diplomatic Personnel Are Discouraged From Acquiring Tech- 

 nical Expertise 1691 



The Department Is Not Organized To Conduct Technical 



Planning 1692 



Presidential Leadership Has Not Motivated the Necessary 



Technical Modernization of the Department 1692 



Prospects and Options 1693 



Author's Reassessment 1693 



Kissinger's 19 Proposals to U.N. General Assembly 1694 



Implications of Kissinger Initiatives for State Department and 



Congressional Backstopping 1 695 



New Study of State Department's Management of Diplomacy- 

 Technology Interface 1696 



Some Illustrative Questions 1698 



Appendix: Letter of Resignation to Secretary Kissinger From Assist- 

 ant Secretary Dixy Lee Ray and Her Letter to the President 1701 



