the Agency with the responsibility "to coordinate the research, development, and other studies conducted in the field of arms control and disarmament by or for other Government agencies." Under this authority the Agency has reviewed, coordinated and evaluated the arms control related research of other Government agencies and has submitted to the Bureau of the Budget-on an annual basis-a report of research conducted in this area within the U.S. Government.

In addition to reports to the Bureau of the Budget, reports covering the key research targets and programing structure are submitted to other Federal Government agencies having arms control and disarmament research projects, as an aid to interagency coordination and the establishment of a comprehensive balanced U.S. arms control research program.

ACDA research in foreign attitudes toward arms control problems is coordinated closely with the Foreign Area Research Coordination Group (FAR) of the State Department, which is charged with the systematic coordination of government-sponsored foreign area research in the social sciences. ACDA sits on the main committee of FAR and also participates in a number of the subcommittees concerned with the interchange of research data and discussion of future plans.

The interagency relationships on a day-to-day basis between ACDA staff personnel and their workinglevel counterparts in agencies-such as the Departments of Defense and State, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Labor-with which ACDA shares mutual interests and problems, continues to be a most valuable means of coordination.

ACDA's foreign area external research in the social sciences is also

Members of the Board represent an important channel of communication between the Agency and the academic community. Through them, universities and individual scholars can be acquainted with ACDA's plans for new research, and with the results of completed studies. By virtue of the Board's intimate knowledge of research being pursued in universities and colleges as well as work being done by individual scholars, it is of invaluable assistance in suggesting the names of qualified institutions or individuals to be considered for particular research projects.

Three members of the Board are on the National Academy of Sciences committee which advises in the selection of candidates for the Agency's Dissertation Support Program which was instituted in 1968.

Public Information

The Arms Control and Disarmament Act gives the Agency responsibility for "the dissemination and coordination of information concerning arms control and disarmament."

In carrying out this responsibility to inform, the Agency has responded to requests from individuals, organizations, schools, churches, and institutions located in the United States and abroad-for pamphlet material, for speakers and conference participants, and for advice on curriculums, research projects; and study programs. ACDA officers have also accepted invitations to sit in with committees of national organizations, serving as advisers on factual matters, to help in the consideration of issues in the field of arms control and disarmament.

During the course of the year, in response to invitations, officers of the Agency addressed audiences in the United States and abroad at meetings sponsored by organizations, luncheon groups, universities, labor unions, and business associations.

The Agency also welcomed touring groups from schools and churches to its offices in the State Department building, and arranged briefings for them on the Government's activities and positions in arms control and disarmament.

ACDA literature, presenting basic information on U.S. positions at disarmament conferences, was distributed by the Agency itself, by the State Department and by the Government Printing Office. It is under particularly heavy demand from students. Unclassified research reports prepared by Agency staff or by contractors were mailed to academic institutions, and depository libraries, who have asked to be placed on the distribution list or who are known by the Agency to be particularly interested and concerned with the subject matter covered in the various reports. Such reports are also available upon request to companies and individuals at a small cost. When limited Agency stock of this material is depleted, it may be obtained in most instances at moderate cost from the Department of Commerce Clearing House for Scientific and Technical Information in Springfield, Va., or (in case of some economic studies) from the U.S. Government Printing Office. The 96 depository libraries are listed in Appendix XIV of this report.

Many universities now include the study of arms control in their curriculums, either as separate courses or as part of courses on national security, international relations, political science, or history. When requested to do so, the Agency provides assistance in planning such courses, and its officers have on many occasions delivered lectures to such classes.