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planet. America is a part of the world community, and whether we progress, or 

 whether we slide backward, this cannot be in isolation from what happens to the rest 

 of the family of nations sharing the land, the seas, the atmosphere, the resources, the 

 problems of this Earth. 



When it came time for the 1969 Panel meeting, which had as its 

 subject "Science and Technology and the Cities," Chairman Miller 

 invited as guest panelists participants from Greece, Japan, Yugoslavia, 

 England, France and the Netherlands. At the 11th meeting of the Panel 

 in 1970, on the subject of "The Management of Information and 

 Knowledge", guest panelists included representatives from England, 

 Mexico, and Finland. In 1971, the Panel concentrated on "International 

 Science Policy," and Secretary of State William P. Rogers in keynoting 

 the three-day meeting, stated: 



For more than a decade now this committee has performed an important service 

 by bringing together every year some of the best scientific minds of the world to 

 discuss problems of great relevance to the future of mankind. Science and technology 

 have come to play a role in international relationships far beyond what any of us 

 would have anticipated even a generation ago. 



A representative of the Soviet Union, Dr. Viktor A. Ambartsumian, 

 served as a guest panelist; coincidentally he was also serving as presi- 

 dent of the International Council of Scientific Unions. Other guest 

 panelists in 1971 included representatives from Italy, Sweden, France, 

 Canada, Kenya, and Pakistan. 



At the last meeting of the Panel in 1972, on a subject which had 

 international as well as domestic overtones — "Remote Sensing of 

 Earth Resources" — Chairman Miller followed out his practice of 

 inviting several international guest panelists from Brazil, Italy, 

 Australia, and Germany. Miller observed in his opening remarks: 



We have invited several very distinguished gentlemen who represent the interests 

 of foreign nations, and we have asked them to lead the discussion of the international 

 implications of remote sensing systems. 



The Panel was fortunate in having as a guest participant Dr. Franco 

 Fiorio, chairman of the United Nations Working Group on Remote 

 Sensing of the Earth by Satellites, since the emerging value of Earth 

 resources satellites presented many international implications with 

 which the United Nations was already beginning to grapple. 



INTERNATIONAL VISITS 



Under the aegis of the Daddario subcommittee (see chapter V, 

 pages 155-157) a number of additional steps in international coopera- 

 tion were taken, including the active sponsorship by the committee 

 of the international biological program. Chairman Miller also en- 

 couraged a steady stream of committee visits to other nations to at- 



