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HISTORY ()l Mil (OMMIIIII o\ SCIENCI AND IHMNoioi.Y 



Executive Director Ducander usually answered all such letters in 



the following vein : 



We arc pleased to inform you that the purpose of this trip was to attend the 

 Farnborough Air Show in England and to inspect the Apollo tracking station in 

 Madrid. In addition, a rest stop was made in Dublin, since it was directly on the way 

 to London. For your information, the annual Farnborough Air Show is one of the 

 world's foremost ail shows, and since this committee is charged with the overseeing 

 of aeronautical research and development, the Chairman felt that in addition to 

 viewing the many displays, it was important that he meet the representatives ol 

 foreign governments who annually attend this show 



BACKGROUND OF INTERN ATION AL SUBCOMMITTEE 



Why was an international subcommittee established in 1971? The 

 official version is stated in the committee hearing record: 



The c hairman of the full committee, Congressman George P. Miller of California, 

 created the Subcommittee on International Cooperation at the beginning of this 

 session of Congress in view of the increasing interest and activity on the international 

 scene in space, and in science generally, and because there appear to be excellent op- 

 portunities in the years just ahead for our Nation to enter into more extensive co- 

 operative ventures in many of these fields 



Certainly there is strong factual support for the above statement 

 in the nature of developments at the time. Perhaps an additional clue 

 is contained in the following private memorandum from Executive- 

 Director Ducander to Chairman Miller, dated February 24, 1971: 



You may remember that I called your attention to a telephone call I had from 

 Mr. Fulton wherein he recommended the appointment of a new Subcommittee on 

 International Cooperation in Space and Science. I think this is a very good recommen- 

 dation. This has many advantages. For example, one of the hot new things around the 

 (.ongress these days seems to be international cooperation. You will recall we sent 

 Boone and Hamimll to Europe to attend conferences on this matter. It looks like we 

 are making a little progress with the Soviets. Fulton was strong behind you in the 

 organizational meeting yesterday, let's don't forger that. I think we could do well by 

 having a small subcommittee on this subject, and I haven't mentioned the clincher. 



Don Fuqua is one of the up and coming new Members of the House, as I am sure 

 you know better than I. He is a worker, has been in your corner on every vote that 

 I can recall in the committee, and 1 think there should be some way to reward him. 



Although the subject matter handled by the subcommittee was 

 fairly important, the subcommittee was viewed among members as 

 being low on the committee totem pole. No member served for more 

 than two years as its chairman, since they were all interested in moving 

 up to better things. Furthermore, between 1971 and 1978 there were 

 two title changes: in 1975, the subcommittee was called "Subcom- 

 mittee on Domestic and International Scientific Planning and Analy- 

 sis", the change coinciding with the expanded jurisdiction of the full 

 committee; then in 1977, the phrase "and Cooperation" was added to 



