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for the Uses of Atomic Energy, Defense Technology, and Aviation Technology 
are not official members.(45»66) However, members of their staffs may be 
included in the Learned Council of the Coordination Committee which com- 
prises prominent scientists in various fields andheads of the leading research 
establishments. (1) 
Purposes, Duties, and Rights of the U.S.S.R. State 
Committee on Coordination of Scientific Research 
The following reasons for the establishment of the Committee were 
given by its Chairman two years after its formation, at a time when many of 
the coordination problems were still unsolved: 
1. There was and is duplication. Only in areas where the goal 
is compelling is such duplication tolerated. Coordination 
under such circumstances consists of delineating the activities 
of each facility and timing the completion of each unit of 
work, For example, almost 100 facilities are working on 
some phase of the direct transformation of thermal energy 
into electricity. 
2. The united efforts of many departments and enterprises are 
necessary to incorporate research results, and there must be 
some body with the knowledge and power to facilitate such 
unity of action. 
3. The pace of science is so rapidthat coordination is necessary 
for communication. 
4. Scientific development is one of the most important conditions 
for the giant growth of production, andis part of the campaign 
for maximum results from optimum inputs. 
5. Lack of coordination resulted in Soviet published research 
being incorporated abroad before Soviet use. 
6. Finally, the perfection of coordination will result in that 
highest form of organization, a unified State Plan. (2) 
The functions of the Coordination Committee were determined on the 
basis of three categories of major problems in science and technology. 
