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a single program could be ideatified as being first, t:he differences in the 

 quality of the programs of the leading nations are small enough that the 

 ordering could be changed rapidly due to new experimental, theoretical, or 

 technological developments. 



Decisions on fusion international activities must be made in the context of 

 the overall fusion technical program. The first decision to be made is 

 whether or not the particular information in question needs to be obtained 

 next. If so, then the second decision is on the method of obtaining the 

 information. This question involves the use of existing or new facilities, 

 whether here or abroad. Each facility decision competes with other possible 

 resource needs and is framed in the overall technical situation. Determina- 

 tion of appropriate levels of funding for various facilities is certainly a 

 complex matter. When making the judgment about a participation on a facility 

 sited outside the U.S., the additional factors of maintaining a technical 

 home base into which our assignees can contribute their knowledge and the 

 opportunities represented by the assignments are also taken into 

 consideration . 



Coordination and Management of International Cooperative Research 



Recommendations were made to the Economic Summit leaders at their recent 

 Bonn meeting by an Administrative Working Group on changes needed to lessen 

 administrative barriers to international cooperation. The working group 

 included U.S. representatives in high energy physics and fusion. Specific 

 recommendations by the Group included: revision of tax and tariff provisions 

 to lengthen the time exemption to ten years or more on contributions of 



