LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 



AID Agenc}^ for International Development. 



ASI (NATO). Advanced Study Institute, sponsored by North 



Atlantic Treat}' Organization. 



BFS Board of Foreign Scholarships. 



CAO Cultural Affairs Officer. 



CIEP Committee on the International Exchange of Persons 



of the Conference Board of Associated Research 



Councils, National Academy of Sciences. 

 CSCPRC Committee on Scholarly Communication \\ith the 



People's Republic of China 

 CU Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Depart- 

 ment of State 

 IC, FCST International Committee of the Federal Council for 



Science and Technology. 



LDCs Less Developed Countries. 



NAS-NRC National Academy of Sciences -National Research 



Council. 



NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 



NSF National Science Foundation. 



OIP Office of International Programs, National Science 



Foundation. 



PRC People's RepubHc of Chma. 



SCI Bureau of International Scientific and Technological 



Affau's, Department of State. 



USIA United States Information Agency. 



USIS United States Information Service (title for USIA 



overseas) . 



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