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The circular defined six functions for the new Bureau (paraphrase) : 



(a) "Primary responsibihty for the development of compre- 

 hensive and coherent U.S. poUcies in the areas where it has been 

 assigned functional responsibility and for advising the Secretary 

 on the functional and technical considerations arising in its areas 

 of responsibihty as they relate to the formulation and implementa- 

 tion of foreign policy;" 



(b) Analysis and evaluation of relevant policies and programs 

 of international agencies and bilateral activities to assure their 

 compatibility with U.S. objectives; 



(c) Liaison with other U.S. agencies and the private sector 

 on relevant matters to provide policy guidance; advice and 

 support as appropriate on these matters to other personnel of the 

 Department ; 



(d) Recruitment assistance for the Department and for attend- 

 ance at relevant international meetings ; 



(e) "Represents the Department, with the assistance of other 

 concerned bureaus and offices, in international negotiations and 

 on interagency policj^ groups and committees concerned with • 

 subject matter for which it has primary responsibility. Develops 

 U.S. substantive positions and strategy in dealing with these 

 matters when considered within international organizations and 

 bilateral programs;" and 



(f) "Heads or participates, as appropriate, on U.S. delegations 

 to international conferences and negotiations concerned with sub- 

 ject matter within the bureau's area of responsibihty." 



Prospects and Plans jor the New Bureau 



Chosen to serve as the first head of the newly created Bureau was 

 Dr. Dixy Lee Ray, former Chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy 

 Commission. Dr. Ray upon confirmation, took office as Assistant 

 Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific 

 Affairs January 30, 1975. Her appointment was greeted by Scien.ce 

 magazine as a challenge to her "bureaucratic skills" as well as a test of 

 the interest of the Sccretar}^ of State and his senior associates in "up- 

 grading science in the State Department and . . . making it an 

 efl'ective ingredient in foreign relations."^' 



There were obvious questions as to the extent of support that the 

 new bureau would receive from the Secretary of State, the relationships 

 to be established with other bureaus of the Department, and the 

 rapport with the National Science Foundation, its National and 

 International Division, and the new Science and Technology Pohcy 

 Office, among other interested agencies. 



Internally, the new Assistant Secretary would also have the op- 

 portunity to chart a number of new courses. For example, how would 

 she respond to the Inspector General's report and recommendations 

 (described below) ? More specifically, what trends and directions would 

 she chart for the expanded Bureau Avith respect to: 



Operations versus staff polic}^ analysis? 



Science versus technology? 



" Robert Gillette, "Ray's Shift to State Department Will Test Kissinger's Interest in Science," Science, 

 November 15, 1974, pp. 612-613. 



