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XII. The Impact of the Present State of Affairs:
What Should
Research Program in TO eee eae eoneetcehe Biological,
and Medical Sciences Be?
oral, inserts, bibliography)
A, Information sources and distribution
1, Do and must private research groups depend
on the government, particularly the AEC, f
most of their data? To what extent does t
depth and breadth of the research program
rest on what the government is doing and o:
what the government is willing to turn ove
to private research institutions?
Is scientific information adequately and
promptly distributed and available?
To what extent are government classificati
and other information-withholding mechanis
interfering with the distribution of infor
to the public and to scientific groups?
How much and what kind of data or radioact
fallout remains classified?
What justific
is given. by AEC and other government agenc
for continued classification of such infor
How must effort does the government make t
let it be know that material has been decl
fied after that action has actually occurr
Is information exchange occuring properly
between ‘the U. S. and forelgn countries
and the:U. N.?
Is the U. S. adequately
represented on international scientific an
policy-making groups related to this probl
B. The Research Program:
what is the extent of res
on radioactive fallout?
i. Is the AEC presented with a conflict of in
when it is required to act on the one hand
an agent in developing nuclear weapons, an
on the other hand as an agent in providing
safeguards against weapon hazards?
If a
conflict does exist, what would be effecti
ways of removing or at least minimizing it
How much of the research is being done by
the government and how much by private
research groups under government sponsorsh
and with government funds?
Are there serious soft spots in either the
experimental or theoretical aspects of the
sciences related to fallout; in particular
are there any that limit a thorough under-
standing of the civilian and military impl
tions of fallout?
How well is the research program in balance
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