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(2) Establish and Retain U.S. Influence in International Scientific, Technologi- 

 cal and Environmental Programs and Organizations to Promote U.S. Political or 

 Economic Interests. 



(3) Ensure that the International Activities for U.S. Scientific, Technological 

 and Environmental Agencies are Conducted with Full Knowledge of, and in 

 Consonance with, U.S. Foreign Policy Interests. 



(4) Identify Foreign Policy Issues Emerging from Scientific and Technological 

 Developments, Direct the Focus Within the Department to Deal with These 

 Issues, and Provide Foreign Policy Decision Makers with Appropriate Policy 

 Analyses and Recommendations for Decision. 



The statement then provided a quantitative analysis of some of 

 SCI's operational tasks: 



The workload associated with pursuing these goals and objectives continues 

 to grow. The quickening pace of international cooperation in science and tech- 

 nology is indicated by the fact that there are now eighteen bilateral agreements 

 for general cooperation in science and technologj''. SCI negotiated eight of these 

 agreements alone during the past year and a half. During this same period the 

 U.S. has been host to five formal ministerial delegations and even more informal 

 ministerial level visits. These groups looked to the Department of State for 

 statements and interpretations on U.S. policy on technical subjects. Responsibility 

 for organization of these visits also fall on SCI. In addition, there are innumerable 

 high-level individual visitors whose visits and consultations require detailed 

 coordination and briefings. 



In the past year, we also prepared major statements of policy on a wide range 

 of issues such as remote sensing of the earth, space launch assistance, export of 

 technology, post- Apollo cooperation, the environment, ocean dumping, endangered 

 species, etc. 



Pollack concluded by predicting a major expansion in both duties 

 and manpower requirements for the future : 



In the past, the Department's concern w^ith activities and problems dealing 

 with science and technology have been somewhat limited. Such a situation no 

 longer exists. S&T have significantly augmented the business of the Department 

 of State. The great change which is occurring is altering the very structure of 

 society and relationships among nations and is moving at a pace which challenges 

 present policies and institutions. 



Functions and Tasks of SCI by 1974 



The following is a listing of the jobs that the State Department 

 science office appeared to be responsible for executing at the time it 

 was being consolidated with offices of Oceans and Environmental 

 Affairs, as of October 1974. (The list was compiled on the basis of 

 a review of SCI publications of recent date.) These fall roughly into 

 seven categories, about as follows: 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLICY PLANNING 



In this category are activities that relate to U.S. decisionmaking 

 in the foreign policy field. They include: 



—Preparing quick responses to emergency questions involving 

 science, technology, and diplomacy; 



— Responding to requests for technical assistance from policy- 

 oriented levels in the Department of State; 



— Providing technical input on behalf of the Department of 

 State to matters before the National Security Council; 



— Analyzing the contributions of U.S. and world basic science 

 to U.S. diplomatic objectives; 



— Identifying major technological developments of highest 

 significance for diplomacy, present and future, and preparing 

 and bringing to the attention of high-level decisionmakers the 

 in-depth analysis of such developments; 



