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HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN SPEED INDUSTRIAL MODERNIZATION HAS BEEN 

 THE ESSENTIAL BASIS ON WHICH WE'VE STEADILY NARROWED THE 

 GAP BETWEEN COUNTRIES AND DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED^ RELAT IONS. 



What I find fascinating about the two examples of Japan 

 AND China is that they remind us that today it hardly 



MATTERS WHAT THE STAGE OF A COUNTRY'S DEVELOPMENT: ALL 

 AGREE THAT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ARE MAJOR DETERMINING 

 FACTORS IN DETERMINING THE ECONOMIC FUTURE. THAT'S NOT TO 

 DAY THAT ALL NATIONS EMBRACE TECHNOLOGY TO THE SAME 

 DEGREE. OBVIOUSLY/ TECHNOLOGY ALSO BRINGS CHANGE/ AND 

 WE'RE COMING TO REALIZE THAT A KEY ISSUE BEFORE US ALL IS 

 HOW NATIONS ARE GOING TO COPE WITH AND MANAGE THE CHANGES 

 BEING MADE POSSIBLE— AND BEING THRUST UPON THEM~BY THIS 

 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION. 



I SAW AN EXAMPLE OF THAT VERY DIRECTLY LAST WEEK WHEN I 

 HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC 

 GROUPS IN BRAZIL. IN FACT/ I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THERE TO 

 ADDRESS THE BRAZILIAN COUNTERPART TO THIS COMMITTEE AND WAS 

 INTRIGUED TO HEAR THEIR STRONG INTEREST IN MANY OF THE SAME 

 THINGS WE TALK ABOUT HERE—SUCH AS STRONGER SUPPORT FOR 

 BASIC RESEARCH AND IMPROVED UNI VERS I TY- INDUSTRY RELATIONS. 

 I CAME AWAY WITH A STRONG IMPRESSION THAT THEY/ LIKE SO 

 MANY OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES/ SEE THEIR FUTURES CLEARLY 

 TIED TO PROGRESS i,^ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 



