February 74, 1958

MEMORANDUM FO PRE PYOAE ANP SISK

SUBJECT: Expenditures of Federal Fonds for Research (including:
basic research) for Fiscal fears 1957-58 for Selected

Activities

Attached is « compilation of expenditures of federal funds
~ for research for FY 1957 and 1968. Thees figuree were complied
by the Bureau of the Budget on the basie of o questionnsize (aleo

. attached) which J submitted to them
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With respect to same of these figures, certain assumptions

| had te be made as noted below

AEC
Figures for t.ivermere and Berkley

ormpece all programe

and therefore inclede baste reseurechffgures fer faadia -

poe ee

includteg development, and I would assume prototypes, © © on
altheugh procurement is exeloded
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ANPProgram
Figures are divided to list manned ANP programs including
beth AEC and DOD components as well ase construction.
Prajects Rover and Pluto are iieted separately but figures
represent only the AEC portion

ar CE er
A vyange is prpjected in the figures here due to the difficulty
of obtaining definition of bacic research when figures
were obtained from NCD
A range is likewise projected

fer the category ofall obvaical sciences for the same reason.

Antarctica Expedition
It it to be noted hera that figirae include IGY and POD
logiatic evprort.

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