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APPENDIX III APPENDIX III 



GAO REPORT: "THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON THE UNITED 

 STATES' MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT FUSION PROGRAM" 



We have given you raost of the comments contained below orally 

 and understand that they were incorporated in a later version of the 

 study that we have not received. The memo below is for the record. 



We find the report generally accurate; its brevity, however, may 

 result in some misleading conclusions. . For example singling Out the 

 INTOR project of the IAEA as the sole example of information 

 exchanges gives this activity an inappropriate amount of emphasis; 

 information exchanges carried out under lEA or bilateral 

 arrangements are considerably more voluminous. 



Specific suggestions that might clarify other portions of the 

 report follow: 



Appendix 1, Page 4, para 3, line 6 



Insert "those related to foreign policy by" between "and" and "the". 

 This insertion would describe more accurately the role of the 

 Department of State. 



Line 6 



Eliminate the sentence beginning with "OSTP" and ending with 

 "agreement" . 



This sentence is inaccurate. 



Page 5, para 1, line 13 



Insert "in consonance with our overall foreign policy objectives" in 

 place of "diplomatically acceptable." 



This change would reflect more accurately the role of the Department 

 of State. 



Page 5, para 2, lines 1-3 



Insert the word "occasionally" before "The Department..." Eliminate 

 the phrase "desirable for foreign policy reasons will" 



[GAO note: Page references in this appendix were changed 



to reflect their location in this final report.] 



