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On March 13, 1973, Hanna addressed a luncheon meeting in Wash- 

 ington of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. 

 In the course of his remarks, he stated: 



Put in its simplest terms, we in the Congress have right along been interested in 

 the development of programs for sharing both the costs and the benefits of space 

 research and application on an international scale. 



Not long after the luncheon, the AIAA informed Hanna that the Soviet 

 Committee for Science and Technology had asked the AIAA to co- 

 sponsor an aeronautical technology symposium in Moscow in July. 

 Hanna felt this would also be a useful opportunity to visit with Soviet 

 officials and inspect installations, as well as accepting an invitation 

 from Japanese scientific leaders. 



On June 5, 1973, he called an organization meeting of his sub- 

 committee which included the following members: 



Democrats Republicans 



Richard T. Hanna, California, Chairman Louis Frey, Jr., Florida 

 James W. Symington, Missouri Alphonzo Bell, California 



Robert A. Roe, New Jersey Larry Winn, Jr., Kansas 



Mike McCormack, Washington John N. Happy Camp, Oklahoma 



Dale Milford, Texas 



After discussing the proposed trip to Russia and Japan at the end 

 of July, Chairman Hanna told the organization meeting of his sub- 

 committee: 



This Subcommittee has the possibility of some very interesting work in several 

 different roles. * * * I think this Committee is coming on the scene with a role to 

 play at a most important time in the history of the United States. If I read the cards 

 right, for the next 20 years the single most important thing pressing the United 

 States is going to be to expand international trade. You need only to be aware of 

 this energy crisis and how much of the import distortions are going to come because 

 of our bringing in petroleum to realize that we are going to be really hard pressed 

 to have a balance of payments unless we have a more dynamic trade posture. 



The other place where I think there is a very interesting development is in the 

 use of space, for instance, the ERTS program and the international communications 

 satellites program. 



Hanna, Roe, Milford, Gunter, Winn, and Camp, accompanied by 

 staff members Frank R. Hammill, Jr. (majority) and Joseph Del Riego 

 (minority) made their way to Dulles Airport Friday afternoon, July 20, 

 whence they took off for Moscow. Hanna was optimistic about the 

 trip. He had carefully laid the groundwork through Ambassador 

 Dobrynin. At a press conference prior to his departure, Hanna expan- 

 sively predicted: "I have called this press conference to announce 

 what I feel is potentially one of the most important breakthroughs 

 in U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations in the last 25 years." 



