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establishes America's bargaining position in international 

 scientific affairs. Our strength in these areas rests on more 

 than Federal activities alone; in our society, much of our 

 capability originates in universities and in private 

 enterprises . 



We have developed, over the years, a way of managing 

 federally-funded international science and technology 

 activities. It begins in the various departments and the 

 technical agencies. The agencies determine which of their 

 needs can be met through international co-operation and how 

 international activities will allow them to fulfill their 

 domestic missions. The Office of Science and Technology 

 Policy, headed by the President's Science Advisor, contributes 

 the Presidential perspective on the allocation of Federal 

 research resources. The Department of State contributes its 

 sense of how science objectives and foreign policy goals can be 

 made to reinforce each other. Just as it often enlists the aid 

 of the technical agencies in support of a foreign policy 

 objective, it works to create the conditions for the efficient 

 and effective operation of the Federal science establishment 

 overseas. In particular, it oversees all Federal activities 

 which occur under bilateral science and technlogy agreements, 

 advises agencies on opportunities overseas and how to pursue 

 them and helps insure the appropriate awareness of foreign 

 policy generally. 



