Feb 24 1968

From The Space Library

House Government Operations Committee said in report that despite acute need to eliminate U.S. balance of payments deficit, Govern­ment continued to make grants for foreign research projects of about $20 million yearly-more than $15 million being spent in developed countries. Committee recommended rigorous scrutiny of dollar-financed projects in Japan, Canada, U.K., Sweden, Italy, Australia, France, and West Germany. (W Star, 2/24/68, B9)

U.S.S.R. inaugurated fifth permanent Antarctic research station, Bellings­hausen station on King George Island, according to Moscow newspa­pers. U.S.S.R. thus joined U.K., Argentina, and Chile in operating sci­entific bases in northernmost and warmest part of Antarctica. (NYT, 3/6/68, 49)

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