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medicine and health, atomic energ}^, natural resources, the world 

 environment, economic and industrial development, population 

 problems, food and agriculture, communications, technology 

 transfer, scientific information management, and other inter- 

 national concerns? Here the coordinating responsibility is shared 

 between OES and a small scientific unit in the Bureau of Inter- 

 national Organizations Affairs.) 



2. The close interactions between technology and economics, 

 as these affect the foreign economic policy of the United States. 

 (How can the predictive power of technology analj'sis be applied 

 to the making of global economic forecasts? What beneficial 

 effects on U.S. international trade does technology offer, and 

 how can these be secured? What is the role of the multinational 

 corporation in effecting international transfers of technology, 

 and what policy controls and guidances should be involved to 

 constrain or direct this growing presence? What are the economic 

 consequences of mineral shortages and possible cartel actions; 

 and what U.S. policies could be devised to cope with these?) 



3. The pervasive importance of the information function in the 

 design and execution of U.S. foreign policy. (How can the enor- 

 mous number of bits of seemingly unrelated information about 

 scientific discoveries, new applications of scientific principles, 

 and the myriad of industrial and commercial ventures to ex- 

 ploit technology in foreign countries be assembled and analyzed, 

 and translated into comprehensive statements of national and 

 global trends? Is there a role here for the Bureau of Intelligence 

 and Research?) 



4. The need for an enhanced awareness of Foreign Service 

 personnel as to the growing importance of the scientific and 

 technological element of the totality of factors which comprise 

 diplomacy. (How is the Foreign Service motivated to acquire 

 these skills? Where in the regional bureau structure would they 

 be most useful? What kind of inhouse arrangement would best 

 provide training in them? How can "science in diplomacj''" be 

 exploited throughout U.S. foreign relations management, as 

 contrasted with "diplomacy in science"? What role might the 

 Foreign Service Institute play in this situation?) 



5. The scientific and technological personnel in world deploy- 

 ment as an element of the total foreign policy establishment. 

 (In what countries should there be scientific and technological 

 offices? How much emphasis should there be on science and how 

 much on technology? What would be the ideal composition of 

 the office of a foreign attache? Should these offices be replaced 

 or supplemented by regional science offices? Is there a need for 

 science officers of the Foreign Service in embassies without a 

 full-time scientific attache?) 



Congressional Reviews of Trends in. International Science and Technology 



Two broad approaches appear to characterize congressional atten- 

 tion to the interaction of science and technologj^ with American 

 diplomacy. One of these has stressed the role of science and technology; 

 the other, the diplomatic consequences. Thus, Congressman Emilio 

 Q. Daddario, addressing a Panel on Science and Teclmolog}' convened 



