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to represent the Department in appropriate international cooperative programs 

 in science and technology and to direct the Scientific Attache program.*' 



When the new Director took office, he assumed charge of a staflF of 

 32 persons in Washington, phis 22 scientific attaches or deputies 

 (12 in Europe). The home office was organized into three sections: 

 Atomic Energy, Outer Space, and General Science. Functions of the 

 office were described in a departmental statement in 1966 as follows: 



(1) Providing advice to the State Department and Foreign Service on the re- 

 lationship of science and technology to international relations and foreign policy 

 developments ; 



(2) Providing evaluation of scientific matters related to the peaceful uses of 

 atomic energy and outer space and other science matters involved in international 



affairs; 



(3) Participating in foreign policy decisionmaking to assure consideration of 

 scientific and technological factors; and 



(4) Maintaining liaison with Federal agencies engaged in the administration of 

 scientific programs and with private groups engaged in international science 

 activities, for the purpose of providing foreign policy guidance; recommending 

 the initiation of cooperative scientific and technological activities to advance 

 foreign policy objectives; and obtaining information of the status of Internationa 

 scientific and technological activities.^" 



The growth in resources and influence of the office during these 

 years was attributable to the combination of a vigorous and sophisti- 

 cated Foreign Service officer as leader, a general governmental 

 interest in the strengthening of science and technology programs, the 

 need in many technical activities for State Department help and 

 intervention abroad, a growing interest of the Congress, and a series 

 of sympathetic Secretaries of State. 



A tabulation of the (mainly operational) tasks within the office in 

 mid-1966 would include the following: 



General 



— Administer foreign policy aspects of "certaui" bilateral 

 science agreements; 



— Coordinate briefing programs to improve departmental 

 understanding of major scientific and technological developments 

 (e.g., desalinization, high altitude photography, remote sensing 

 devices) ; 



— Motivate interdepartmental exchanges of personnel for 

 training purposes; 



— Assistance to Foreign Service Institute in presenting Foreign 

 Service courses in science, technology, and foreign affairs; 



— Coordinate international scientific activities of other agen- 

 cies; and 



—Chair and staff International Committee for Science and 

 Technology of the Federal Council for Science and Technology. 



Atomic Energy Section 



— Assist on matters relating to peaceful uses of atomic energy ; 

 — Help negotiate bilateral agreements for cooperation (36 

 countries) ; 



M U.S. Department of State, Press Release, No. 270, "Appointment of Herman Pollack as Director of 

 International Scientific and Technological Afiairs," September 18, 1969. . 



«> Statement submitted bv Department of State in U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Appropriations, 

 Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, The Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1967. 

 Hearings, S9th Cong., 2d sess., February 15, 1966, p. 42. 



