technical component; (2) encouragement of a consensus toward 

 stronger and longer-range planning of technical initiatives in sup- 

 port of U.S. diplomacy, involving closer cooperation among all ele- 

 ments of the Federal Government; and (3) a more far-reaching par- 

 ticipation in the foreign policy process throughout government at all 

 levels and involving also the academic and technical communities, 

 private industry, and the public at large. 



The findings contained herein are the responsibility of the individual 

 authors and of the Congressional Research Service and do not neces- 

 sarily reflect the views of the membership of the Committee on Inter- 

 national Relations. 



Clement J. Zablocki, Chairman, 

 Committee on International Relations. 



January 1978. 



