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EXPECT THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTERS TO COPE WITH/ I 

 WOULD RESPOND IN TWO WAYS. FiRST/ AS WE OURSELVES HEAR 

 FROM PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY/ AND AS REFLECTED IN 

 THESE AMBITIOUS HEARINGS BEING HELD BY THE TASK FORCE THIS 

 YEAR/ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT— NOT 

 SIMPLY TO THE PEOPLE IN WHITE COATS OR TO THE HIGH-TECH 

 HIGH FLYERS/ BUT TO EVERYONE WHO THINKS ABOUT THEIR JOBS 

 OVER THE NEXT DECADE AND TO EVERYONE WHO WORRIES ABOUT WHAT 

 KINDS OF FUTURES THEIR CHILDREN WILL HAVE. AND SECOND/ AS 

 WE'VE SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN/ PROBABLY THE MOST EFFECTIVE 

 CHANNEL WE'VE FOUND FOR NATIONS TO COOPERATE HAS BEEN 

 THROUGH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. THE EXAMPLE I CITED 

 EARLIER OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA MAY BE THE MOST 

 SPECTACULAR SUCCESS/ BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHERS AS 

 WELL. 



Let me add that we would also hope to have a chance to 



RAISE another ISSUE AT A MINISTERIAL MEETING/ AND THAT'S TO 

 TALK ABOUT MECHANISMS FOR PLANNING INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH 

 PROGRAMS. It GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT/ IN AN ERA WHEN 

 FRONTIER RESEARCH IS BECOMING EXCEEDINGLY EXPENSIVE IN MANY 

 AREAS/ WE'LL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO COLLABORATE ON 

 WORLD-TYPE RESEARCH PROJECTS. YET TOO OFTEN WE WIND UP 

 WITH A SITUATION WHERE ONE COUNTRY/ OR SOME SMALL GROUP OF 

 COUNTRIES/ CARRIES A PROPOSED PROJECT WELL INTO THE DESIGN 

 STAGE AND ONLY THEN STARTS TO '^.i)L«C!'^ P <Tr IPATION FROM 

 OTHER COUNTRIES. THAT'S NOT WMAi' Wt'D i ALL A SEAL 



