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the kind of factual and conceptual inputs that the social sciences alone 

 can provide. 



Criticism was also directed at the State Department as being too 

 negative and lacking in initiative for developing long-range goals 

 exercising coordination of foreign area research of other Government 

 agencies. Research by the State Department in the social sciences, like 

 the Department's interest in science more generally, was said to be at a 

 minimum. It became apparent that an assessment of the relationship 

 between the social sciences and the Federal Government needed to 

 be institutionalized within both the executive and legislative branches. 

 Effective use for Government purposes of the social sciences, the Game- 

 lot episode showed, requires concentration of control, legislative re- 

 forms, and detailed programing. 



