1322 



IV. Growth of the Science Office, 1966-1974— Continued 



Functions and Taslvs of SCI by 1974 — Continued Page 



Management and Dissemination of Technical Information- 1367 



Facilitating the Work of Scientists 1368 



Increasing "Technical Literacy" in the Department of 



State 1308 



Administrative Chores 1368 



Organization of the Bureau of Oceans and International En- 

 vironmental and Scientific Affairs 1369 



Prospects and Plans for New Bureau 1370 



The Inspector General's Assessment of SCI ]372 



Importance of the Function 1372 



Weaknesses of SCI 1374 



Strengths of SCI 1374 



Recommendations of the Report 1375 



V. Scientific Diplomacy 1376 



Early Stirrings: Ad Hoc Scientific Attach^ 1376 



Nongovernmental Scientific Attaches in World War I 1377 



Early Origins of World War I Scientific Attache Program__ 1378 



Overseas Operations _ 1379 



The Years 1919-39 1380 



Developments After World War II 1381 



Post-Sputnik Scientific Attach^ Expansion 1382 



The Question of Length of Tenure of the Scientific Attache- l:j8o 



Qualifications of Scientists as Diplomats 1384 



Expanding Functions of Scientific Attachfe 1386 



Brief Survey of the Contemporary Role of the Science Attache- 1387 



Questionnaire for U.S. Scientific Attaclies 1387 



Illustrative Products of Scientific Attaches 3389 



Abstracts of Attach^ Reports 1389 



The Importance of Coupling 1391 



Present Status and Emphasis on Science in U.S. Embassies 1393 



Possible Modifications 1395 



VI. Emergence of the Bilateral Science Agreement 1396 



Evolution and Multiplication of Science Bilaterals 1396 



The United States-France Program of Scientific and Tech- 

 nological Cooperation 1398 



The U.S.-U.S.S.R. Science Bilateral 1398 



Proliferation of Agreements 1400 



Purposes, Advantages, and Disadvantages of Bilaterals 1402 



Advantages 1402 



Disadvantages 1403 



Tangible Returns From Cooperative Bilateral Research and 



Development 1404 



Proliferation of Bilateral Programs 1407 



The Joint Commissions 1407 



Efforts to Coordinate Bilateral Science Agreements 1408 



The Need for Further Rationalization and Coordination of 



Bilaterals 1410 



VII. Science, Technology-, and the Foreign-Policy-Making Process, 1411 



Inherent Incompleteness of State Department Mission 1411 



Minority Partner in Overseas Operations 1411 



Policy Planning Organization and Reorganization 1412 



The Nature of the Foreign Policy Planning Process 1415 



Importance of Science and Technology for Foreign Policy 



Planning 1416 



Policy Planning Staff. Departmental "Think Tank" 1418 



Present Organization and Functions of the Policy Planning 



Staff 1420 



Relations Between OES and Policy Planning Staff 1422 



Future Policy Impacts of Science and Technology 1423 



Some Concluding Observations on Policy 1425 



VIII. Opportunities for Expanded Technical Expertise in State 1427 



Need for an Inventory of Opportunities 1428 



The Regional Bureaus 1428 



