David Cohen President PROFESSIONAL S' COALITION FOR NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL Verne Cooperrider Interim Executive Secretary FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION Harriett Crosby President INSTITUTE FOR SOVIET-AMERICAN RELATIONS Arden Cummings Director WOMEN FOR A MEANINGFUL SUMMIT Jonathan Dean Arms Control Adviser UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS Delton Franz Director, Washington Office MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE Dr. Alan Geyer Executive Director CENTER FOR THEOLOGY AND PUBLIC POLICY Sanford Gottlieb Executive Director UNITED CAMPUSES TO PREVENT NUCLEAR WAR Joseph Gould Public Affairs CENTER FOR DEFENSE INFORMATION Joseph R. Hacala, S.J. Director, National Office JESUIT SOCIAL MINISTRIES James A. Hamilton Associate General Secretary for Public Policy NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES Sarah Harder President AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN Peter J. Henriot, S.J. Director CENTER OF CONCERN Walter Hoffmann Executive Director WORLD FEDERALIST ASSOCIATION John Isaacs Legislative Director COUNCIL FOR A LIVABLE WORLD Edward Killackey Director, Office of Justice and Peace MARYKNOLL FATHERS & BROTHERS Jay Lintner Director, Washington Office OFFICE FOR CHURCH IN SOCIETY, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST Arthur A. Lumsdaine, Ph.D. Chairman, Legislative Task Force PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY John Marks Executive Director SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND James Matlack Director, Washington Office AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE David H. McKillop Director CTB TASK FORCE Karen Mulhauser Executive Director CITIZENS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR Mary Jane Patterson Director, Washington Office PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, U.S.A. Marc Pearl Washington Representative AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS William J. Price Director WORLD PEACEMAKERS David Reed Director COALITION FOR A NEW FOREIGN AND MILITARY POLICY Rev. Dr. William F. Schulz President UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION OF CONGREGATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA Anthony P. Sager Executive Director LAWYERS ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL, INC. Edward F. Snyder Executive Secretary FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION Jeff Stolz President AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION Jeremy J. Stone Director FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS Tom Swan President UNITED STATES STUDENT ASSOCIATION Betty Jo Swayze Director, World Relations Department YWCA OF THE USA, NATIONAL BOARD Nancy Sylvester, IHM National Coordinator NETWORK, a Catholic social justice lobby Edith Villastrigo National Legislative Coordinator WOMEN STRIKE FOR PEACE Jane Wales Executive Director PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Cora Weiss Director RIVERSIDE CHURCH DISARMAMENT PROGRAM Leland Wilson Director, Washington Office CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN William L. Weiler Director, Washington Office EPISCOPAL CHURCH Fred Wertheimer President COMMON CAUSE Reply to: Edward F. Snyder, Friends Committee on National Legislation 63-629 0-86--4 for on Europe and the Middle East U. S. House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Enclosed is a report on our cooperation with the Soviet Union under the We benefited through our participation in this agreement, and we were sorry that it was necessary to suspend it. The Forest Service is anxious to continue and even to expand its cooperation with the U.S.S. R. State Forestry Committee under whatever mechanism is available, including resumption of the Scientific and Technical Cooperation Agreement. In fact, we have already resumed activity in reforestation and insect and disease control under the Agriculture Agreement managed by the USDA Office of International Cooperation and Development. Although we are generally satisfied with the Agriculture Agreement, it does not meet the needs of the State Forestry Committee, since it is administered on the Soviet side by a competing ministry. Therefore, we would welcome a return to the previous arrangement which allowed us direct access to our Soviet counterparts. Sincerely, Eldew W. Ross R. MAX PETERSON Enclosure U.S.-U.S.S. R. Science and Technology Agreement Working Group on Forestry Summary Report of Activities 1972-81 The Scientific and Technical Cooperation Agreement between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, signed May 24, 1972, led to formation of the Working Group on Forestry, which held its first meeting August 26-September 7, 1973, in Moscow. Lead responsibility on the U.S. side was assigned to the USDA Forest Service; on the Soviet side, the lead was with the State Forestry Committee of the U.S.S. R. Council of Ministers. They served as our principal contact throughout the agreement. The Working Group on Forestry organized exchanges in five subject matter areas, as follows: 1. Fire--Development of effective methods and means of detection, prevention, and control of forest fires. 2. Pests and diseases--Integrated control of forest pests and diseases. Biogeocoenosis--Classification of forest biogeocoenoses (ecosystems) 3. and determination of their productivity. 4. Harvesting--Development of improved technological processes and means of mechanization of forest harvesting. 5. Reforestation--Reforestation and afforestation of shelterbelts; technology and large-scale mechanization of reforestation activities. Exchange visits were carried out in all of these subject matter areas from 1973 to 1981, as summarized below: August 26-September 7, 1973. A 6-person U.S. team (3 Forest Service, 2 university, 1 industry) attended the first meeting of the Working Group on Forestry in Moscow, with short visits to nearby forestry facilities. October 21-November 2, 1974. A 7-person Soviet team visited the United States for the second meeting of the Working Group and to tour insect, fire, reforestation and harvesting programs in the northern United States. August 15-September 17, 1975. A 5-person U.S. fire team (4 Forest Service, 1 university) visited Moscow to consult with the State Committee, and laboratories in Petrozavodsk, Leningrad, Pushkino, Irkutsk, and Bratsk, U.S.S.R. August 17-31, 1975. A 4-person U.S. insect team (2 Forest Service, 2 university) visited gypsy moth research laboratories in Kishinev, Bashkirian, Kharkov, and Benderi, U.S.S.R. |