hor eve os oe ee meee UNCLASSIEio Part IX International Activities INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (UNCLASSIFIED) International Atomic Energy Agency One of the first projects undertaken by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was a survey of nuclear energy training needs and capabilities in Latin America, During May and June an international teamof scientists, engineers, and administrators headed by Dr. Norman Hilberry, Director of Argonne National Laboratory, and including representatives from the Organization of American States, visited Caribbean, Central American, and South American countries. During the quarter the [AEA Board of Governors discussed at length the agency’s program and budget for calendar year 1959. Although no decision had been reached by the end of June, the initial $12 million budget proposal had been tentatively scaled down to $7 million. An agreement for cooperation between the United States and the IAEA wasin the final stages of negotiation at the end of the quarter. A draft agreement had been approved by the AEC and the Departmentof State and was being considered by the IAEA, As of June 30 a total of 67 nations were participating members of the IAEA. European Atomic Energy Community The European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and the United States reached agreement during the quarter ona joint program of nuclear power development.* The aim of this program is to bring into operation in the Community, by 1963, about 1,000,000 electrical kilowatts of installed nuclear capacity, in reactors of proven types developed in the United States, and to initiate immediately a joint research and development program centered on these types of reactors. Work was completed on a memorandum of understanding, an international agreement under section 124 of the Atomic Energy Act, and an agreement for cooperation under section 123 of the Act. With the approval of the Euratom Council of Ministers, the Euratom Commission signed the m=2=morandum of understanding and the international agreement and initialed the agreement for cooperation. The President submitted the international agreement to Congress for approval on June 23. Following approval of this agreement, the agreement for cooperation with Euratom was to be placed formally before the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Congressional approval of authorization and appropriation of funds and certain other enabling *The joint program and the necessarylegislation were described in detail in a letter to the Joint Committee d2ted June 23. | DOE ARCHIVES UNCLASSIFIED won aor