Science attaché

The role of science attachés of the United States was first outlined in 1950 in a report entitled Science and Foreign Relations, issued by the United States State Department. • Reporting on significant scientific and technological developments • Assistance in the exchange of scientific information • Assistance in the exchange of scientific persons • Assistance in the procurement of scientific apparatus, chemicals, and biologicals • Cooperation with all United States groups abroad having programs with scientific and technological aspects • General representations of United States science • Scientific and technical advice to the Embassy staff • Arrangements for collaborative research projects between the United States and foreign scientists • General promotion of better understanding between the United States and foreign science ==Notes and references==