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IMPROVING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THESE ENVIRONMENTAL 

 SITUATIONS WILL REQUIRE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND 

 PARTICIPATION. 



A HIGH DEGREE OF COOPERATION AND PARTICIPATION ON THE 

 PART OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMEKT WILL BE REQUIRED. 



LET ME OUTLINE TWO COURSES WE ARE PURSUING IN THE ARCTIC: 



WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO THE PARTICIPATION BY A U.S. 

 SCIENTIST (OR SCIENTISTS) ON A JOINT RUSSIAN-NORWEGIAN 

 RESEARCH CRUISE IN LATE-AUGUST EARLY SEPTEMBER. THIS 

 VESSEL IS PLANNING ON MAKING MEASUREMENTS AND TAKING 

 SAMPLES AT OR NEAR APPROXIMATELY 16 DUMP SITES IN THE 

 VICINITY OF NOVAYA 2EMLYA. ON AUGUST 12 THE RUSSIANS 

 ADVISED OUR EMBASSY THAT IT WAS TOO LATE TO JOIN THE 

 CRUISE. THEY SUGGESTED THAT WE TALK ABOUT FUTURE 

 COOPERATION ON CRUISE MISSIONS AND INDICATED THEIR 

 ATTITUDE TO THIS WAS VERY POSITIVE. 



WE ARE ALSO PURSUING THE POSSIBILITY OF A U.S. 

 PLATFORM TO CONDUCT RESEARCH. WE HAVE ARRANGED TO 

 PLACE A U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RADIO-NUCLIDE CHEMIST 

 ABOARD THE COAST GUARD ICEBREAKER, POLAR STAR, ALSO IN 

 THE LATE-AUGUST TO LATE-SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME. THIS 

 VESSEL WILL BE PRIMARILY INVOLVED IN GEOPHYSICAL 



