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in South America, Western and Eastern Europe, the Far East, and Australia, 

 as well as U.S. Missions to the Food and Agricultural Organization . . . and 

 the European Community . . . ." The report recommends to the Congress 

 how the Dept. of Agriculture can and should make improvements to increase 

 the effectiveness of its foreign agricultural attaches. These include improve- 

 ments in management and the direction of attache activities; better coordina- 

 tion of training for attaches; better information-gathering systems; more 

 effective use of promotional resources; and the collection of more and better 

 information regarding agriculture in the Soviet Union and the Eastern bloc 

 countries. 

 U.S. Comptroller General. Commercial Offices Abroad Need fSubstantial Improve- 

 ments To Assist U.S. Export Objectives. Report to the Congress, Oct. 24, 1972. 

 Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1972. 51 p. (6-1722.^.-).) 



"This report examines the effectiveness of U.S. commercial offices main- 

 tained in other countries to assist American businesses to increase their 

 export sales." Among the recommendations made to the Secretaries of State 

 and Commerce regarding the offices were the follovv'ing: to (1) "formulate 

 long-range export expansion plans with specific goals and strategies, for 

 individual countries or major market areas; establish priorities for accom- 

 plishing the many commercial programs and services, implement a system 

 of reporting and evaluating program results, and strengthen procedures for 

 recruiting, assigning and training commercial officers to obtain better qualified 

 commercial staffs and consider upgrading the commercial office staffs." 

 U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. The Overseas Private Invest- 

 ment Corporation: A Critical Analysis. Prepared by the Foreign Affairs Division, 

 Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress. Sept. 4, 1973. 93d Cong., 

 1st sess. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off. 1973. 105 p. (Committee print.) 

 The principal instrumentality by which the U.S. Government seeks to 

 stimulate private investment in the developing countries is the Overseas 

 Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). This study analyzes the policies, 

 directions, and effects of OPIC. The first two chapters consider OPIC's his- 

 tory, organization, and programs. The third chaj^ter compares OPIC with 

 similar programs in other countries and with other insurance and finance pro- 

 grams in the U.S. Government. The fourth chapter analyzes OPIC's current 

 operations. Subsequent chapters discuss OPIC's financial status, its role in 

 balance-of -payments problems, and its impact on foreign relations. 

 U.S. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Congress and 

 Foreign Policy: 1974. Prepared by the Foreign Affairs Division, Congressional 

 Research Service, Library of Congress. April 15, 1975. 94th Cong., 1st sess. 

 Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975. 72 p. (Committee print.) 



This report describes congressional activities in 16 functional and geo- 

 graphic areas and highlights of significant events of congressional activities 

 relating to foreign policy during 1974. The topics covered are: the State 

 Department and related agencies; foreign assistance; international trade and 

 international economic policy; arms control and disarmament; the defense 

 budget; intelligence; international organizations and law; oceans, seabed, 

 and fisheries; international social issues; the Middle East; Asia; Latin 

 America; Africa; Western Europe; Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; 

 and other aspects. 

 U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. International 

 Science Policy. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1971, 166 p. 



A compilation of papers prepared for the 12th meeting of the Panel on 

 Science and Technology 1971. Statements by Federal officials, foreign 

 officials, and leading statesmen and scholars to define how science and tech- 

 nology can be utilized in solving critical national and international problems. 

 U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Coordination of 

 Foreign Scientific Policy. Staff Study Prepared for the . . . [by Spencer M. 

 Beresford.] November 9, 1962, Committee Print. 87th Cong., 2d sess. Wash- 

 ington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1963. 6 p. 



A re\'iew of the history and work of the principal coordinating mechanisms 

 of the U.S. Government in dealing with international science activity and 

 policy — the scientific attaches and the Office of International Scientific 

 Affairs (SCI), in the Department of State. 



Recommends that the House Committee on Science and Astronautics 

 periodically review the coordination of national science pohcy with respect 

 to: effectiveness, adequacy, cost, impact of science on foreign affairs, and 

 international scientific and technological cooperation. 



