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In the face of many perplexing ambiguities and conflicting trends, 

 perhaps the most that can be expected atthe present juncture in U.S. 

 foreign policy is that brain drain and the larger problem of interna- 

 tional development be placed on the agenda of matters to be attended 

 to when the Nation has recovered its balance, slowed its retreat from 

 international involvement, and is prepared to resume a larger, and 

 some would say a more creative, role in world affairs. This course, re- 

 q[uiring a vision of the future and a reassessment of this Nation's place 

 in it, would seem to be unavoidable, one dictated by self-interest, not a 

 matter of moral conscience or mere national preference. For in the 

 judgment of students of development and brain drain, one of the major 

 challenges to mankind remains the challenge of finding ways to put 

 the LDCs on a course leading to a self-reinforcing upward spiral of 

 social and economic progress. The ultimate goal of this endeavor 

 would be a world in balance, with economic and social opportunity 

 within the grasp of all inhabitants and a sense of hope in all nations. 



