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Table 7. — Composition of a sample U.S. Mission'^ — Continued 



Ag<'ncv for International Development JNIilitarv Assistance Advisory Group 

 (AI b)— Continued (M AAG) : 



Industrial Officer Commander of Group 



Sociologist Chief Administrative Officer 

 Puolic Affairs Adviser - Chief, Joint Plans and Operations 



Chief PuV)lic Safety Adviser 3 Officer Advisers ' 



Deputy Chief Public Safety Adviser Chief, Army Section 



6 Public Safety Advisers 12 Officer Advisers 



General Engineer Chief, Navy Section 



Auditor 8 Officer Advisers 



Peace Corps: " Chief, Air Force Section 



Peace Corps Representative 6 Officer Advisers 



Deputy Peace Corps Representative Chief, National Guard Adviser 



8 Associate Representatives 3 Officer Advisers 

 3 Physicians 



' Source: W. Wendell Blancke, Tke Foreign Senice of the United States (Washington: Frederick Praeger, 

 Publishers, 1969), pp. 93-91. 



Needjor an Inventory of Opportunities 



In an address to the scientific attaches, meeting in Washington for 

 their annvial briefing on domestic trends and international develop- 

 ments, Secretary Rogers, January 29, 1970, said: 



It would be foolhardy in this day and age to set political objectives without an 

 accounting of the technical realities — or to approach technological problems with- 

 out regard to their political and social implications. [And in particular:] The con- 

 duct of our foreign affairs — the formulation of our policies and goals — must reflect 

 the .sometimes complex, sometimes subtle, but persistent influence and interaction 

 of science and technology on the affairs of man. 



The Secretary suggested that in view of these interrelations, ". . . in 

 forging the capability of the State Department to deal with the prob- 

 lems of the 1970s, the professional corps of the Foreign Service and the 

 Department must develop the capacity to keep abreast of these de- 

 velopments and the skills necessary to cope with them." '*^ Where 

 might this "capacity" be appropriate? 



THE REGIONAL BUREAUS 



The scope of responsibility of the regional bureaus ^^' is generally to 

 provide assistance in the direction, coordination, and supervision of 

 State Department and interdepartmental activities in the designated 

 region, and for the general conduct of U.S. foreign relations with 

 countries in the region. It backstops the U.S. Embassies in the region 

 and directs their management and administration. Generall}', such 

 bureaus have special advisers on public affairs, labor, economics, 

 political-military, regional planning, and U.N. affairs. There do not, 

 however, appear to be any special advisers on science and technology, 

 a circumstance that might wa-rrant consideration, especially in view of 

 the elevated status of the Bureau of Oceans and Environmental 

 and Scientific Affairs. 



The special activities, needs, and relationships Avith the United 

 States in science and technology tend to differ radically from region to 

 region. For example, the highly developed science and technology of 



'<» Remarks by the Secretary of State on the occasion of meeting with the Scientiilc Attachfis, Januar> 20, 

 1970, p. 5. (Copy of the address supplied bv the Department of State.) 



H7 These are the Bureaus of African Affairs, European Affairs, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Inter- 

 American Affairs, and Near Eastern and South Asian ASairs. 



