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hank on international cooperation. Chairman Fuqua would up the 

 hearings as follows: 



Wc have had 3 days oi productive and fruitful hearings thai will go a Ions; way 

 in helping this committee in its infancy to tr) to make some meaningful c out n hut ions 

 in the .ire.i of international cooperation in science and space 



INTERNATIONAL SC II NCE FOUNDATION 



Dr. Epimenides Haidemonakis, president of the International 

 Science Foundation, invited Congressman Fuqua to be the principal 

 speaker at the Foundation's annual conference at Chania, Crete, in 

 August 1971. The invitation included this intriguing note: 



In addition to the eight-hour working sessions, you are most cordially invited 

 to participate in the many social activities (including) visiting Minoic sites and 

 Zorba-dancing on the island of Crete. In both cases the stimulating surroundings 

 create lasting international friendships and make policy exchange all the more simple. 



During their European trip, Representative and Mrs. Fuqua also 

 visited space and scientific installations in other European countries, 

 and Fuqua told the gathering in Crete: 



Since the start of the '60s, NASA has entered into some 250 agreements for 

 international space projects. These have comprised specific undertakings with tangible 

 results; not just written agreements. For example, about a dozen-and-a-half scien- 

 tific satellites have been built by foreign nations and launched with NASA boosters. 

 Agreements exist for launching a similar number of foreign scientific spacecraft 

 during the next few years. * * * 



The United States has participated in more than 600 cooperative scientific rocket 

 soundings from vantage points in all quarters of the world. And more than 230 foreign 

 scientists have been involved in the analysis of lunar samples which have been 

 brought back to Earth by the Apollo astronauts. * * * 



\ ASA began its explosive growth 12 years ago under the impetus of international 

 rivalry. During the past year, negotiations have been held with the Soviet Union 

 which reflect a new and positive attitude on their part toward joint efforts in space. 



After his return, Fuqua addressed a reception for the representa- 

 tives of the Western European Union Committee on Scientific, Tech- 

 nological and Aerospace Questions, held in the main committee room 

 of the Rayburn Building on October 19, 1971. This was a crucial meet- 

 ing in hammering out further details in the development of the plans 

 for Spacclab, the European-sponsored laboratory to be launched with 

 the Space Shuttle. 



CHAIRMAN MILLER AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE 1971 



Meanwhile, Chairman Miller was not idle in fostering closer 

 relationships with other nations during 1971. In May, Miller was the 

 keynote speaker at the Third International Conference on Space 

 Technology in Rome, and he stayed over for an extra day in the Eternal 



