VIII. Opp(5rtunities for Expanded Technical ExPEPtTisE in State 



Science and technology are ingredients of the State Department's 

 business at man}^ other points besides the science office, the pohcy 

 staff, and the scientific attache S3^stem; A brief survey' of these other 

 elements is offered here. The sparcity of the literature and the indica- 

 tions from conversations with departmental personnel suggest that in 

 these other parts of the Department a relatively low priority of 

 attention is assigned by them to science and technology. For example, 

 little effort is made to recruit physical scientists into the P^oreign 

 Service. The principal fields of expertise are political and economic. 

 A ''sample" U.S. overseas mission, in 1969, contained no persons 

 explicith' charged with scientific liaison or technological trend analj^sis. 

 (See Table 7). The Inspector General's report on SCI (see pp. 48-51) 

 made reference to the general departmental want of confidence in its 

 science office, the poor liaison between technical and diplomatic 

 personnel, and the general neglect of science and technology through- 

 out the Department. (See also footnote 57, page 34.) 



Table 7. — Composilion of a sample U.S. Mission * 



Executive Section: Service Attaches: 



Chief of ^lission Defense Attache (and Armj^ At- 



Deputy Chief of Mission tache) 



Executive Assistant Assistant Army Attache 



PoHtical Section: Naval Attache 



Counselor for Political Affairs Assistant Naval Attache 



5 Political Officers Air Attache 



Labor Attache Assistant Air Attache 



Economic Section: Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS): 



Counselor for Economic Affairs Agricultural Attache 



4 Economic Officers Assistant Agricultural Attache 

 Commercial Attache United States Information Service 

 2 Commercial Officers (USIS) : 



Petroleum Attache Counselor for PubUc Affairs 



Financial Attache Executive Officer 



Transportation & Communications Information Officer 



Officer Assistant Information Officer 



Consular Section: Assistant Information Officer 

 Consul General (Labor) 



5 Consular Officers Cultural Affairs Officer 



Visa Assistant 3 Assistant Cultural Affairs Officers 



Consular Assistant Public Affairs Trainee 



Administrative Section: Director, Binational Center 



Counselor for Administration Director of Courses, Binational 



Administrative Officer Center 



General Services Assistants Agencv for International Development 



Personnel Officer (AID): 



Budget & Fiscal Officer AID Representative 



Disbursing Officer Controller 



Communications and Records Su- Program Officer 



pervisor Programs Analysis Officer 



Communications and Records Clerk Development Officer 



Telecommunications Specialist Manpower Adviser 



Security Officer Agricultural Credit Adviser 



See footnote at end of table. 



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