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to secure all possible prerogatives forthe councils, but he warned that the more 
the councils give to the country, the more prerogatives they will receive, (64) 
By 1962, of the 2000 scientists who volunteered for work on these councils, 
430 were Academicians and Corresponding Members of the Academies of 
Sciences.(*) Khrushchev suggested to the scientific community that the remu- 
neration of scientists would be basedonthe results of the introduction of their 
work into industry, thus ensuring a sense of direct responsibility. (65) The 
total ane of scientists and specialists enrolled inthe scientific councils is 
7000. 
In summary, although the facilities coordinated remainadministratively 
independent of the coordination organizations, the scientific councils are 
organs of the national scientific community which bring together personnel 
from various facilities for the purpose of apportioning research and tech- 
nologicaltasks. Inthese councils, there isan interchange of information among 
the Academy members and the research heads of non-Academy facilities, 
representatives of Gosplanand other State agencies, and high-level production 
personnel. 
The Republic Academies of Sciences 
There are 14 republic Academies of Sciences that control over 200 
institutes. The U.S.S.R. Academy serves the R.S.F.S.R. as its Academy of 
Sciences. Two of the largest and most important are the Academies of 
Sciences of the UkrainianS.S.R. andthe GeorgianS.S.R. The facilities of these 
and the other republic Academies are described in" Part II. The Academies of 
Sciences and Their Principal Facilities". 
Republic Academies have structures similar to, ifless complex than, the 
U.S.S.R. Academy. Republic Academies elect their Academicians in much the 
Same manner. 
Functions of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences 
The Soviet government and the Party have instructed the Academy to 
concentrate on developing the most promising trends inscience that will con- 
tribute to solutions within three categories of national objectives. Specifically, 
the Academy is to (1) ensure the scientific and methodological supervision and 
performance of research in the natural and humanistic sciences with a view 
to the utilization of research results; (2) extend broader assistance than the 
republic Academies of Science, and coordinate the activities of its own research 
