UNCLASSIFIED. INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ‘ ne fies" Cay. Wi ROEGRE, Labor Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization, World Meteorological Organization, World Health Organization, and United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organiza- tion. The board also approved the creation of a ScientifIe Advisory Committee responsible to - the Director General. aes ’ X The first of the two mobile radioisotope training laboratories to be donatedto the LAEA by o SSeS ateatnOren = y . \ — a oY , = Le Pe 2 the United States was presented at the Second General Conference after having been displayed at the Geneva Conference. : , . : A three-man IAEA team visited Pakistan late in July for general consultations on the Pakistani atomic energy program. The team consisted of J. T. Wellls of Argonne Nati!onal Laboratory, H. A. C. McKay of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell, and Ole Pedersen, Danish IAEA staff member. The IAEA mission to Latin America completed Jta assignment on July 17. The mission visited 17 Central and South American countries, was cordially received everywhere, and ap- peared to have fulfilled its objective of evaluating prospects for atomic energy training and development in Latin America. i At the end of September, 69 nations were participating members of the IAEA. European Atomic Energy Community, In September, representatives of, the United States and the European Atomic Energy Com- munity (Euratom) met in Brussels to ‘begin organization of the joint nuclear power program ‘and to negotiate certain changes in the agreement for cooperation to reflect the views expressed by Congress. In August, the general international agreement between the United States and Euratom had been approved by Congress, and the necessary legislation to implement the joint program had been enacted, including authorization and appropriation of $3 million to start the research and development program in fiscal year 1959. The revised agreement for cooperation with Euratom will be placed formally before the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy in January 1959. : The United Kingdom appointed A. H. Tandy as its representative to Euratom, the European Common Market, and the European Coal and Steel Community. Mr. Tandy succeeded Sir William Meiklereid, who is retiring. , Negotiations between the United Kingdom and Euratom continued during the quarter. The projected United Kingdom—Euratom agreement is expected to be a broad political convention, providicg a basis for commercial contracts for the sale of British power reactors and for cooperation in nuclear research. DOE ARCHIVES rgenization for European Economic Cooperation An AEC team visited Belgium in July to discuss further details of cooperation between the United States and the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) in connection with the processing plant to be constructed at Mol, Belgium, by the European Companyfor the Chemical Processing of Irradiated Fuel (Eurochemic). It was planned that United States assistance would include the long-term assignment of a design consultant, and shorter visits by United States personnel to Mol and by Eurochemic personnel to the United States. Representatives of the AEC and the Department of State continued to assist the OFEC in its efforts to solve the third-party liability problem. Discussions 2lso continued regarding the scope cf United States cooperation in OEEC reactor projects. At the request afthe OEEC, preliminary discussions were held in Geneva in August and September regarding the feasi- bility of a heavy water reactor project in Sweden and the Possibility of United States coopera- a \ _. UNCLASSIFIED . ~ <\ eae 2