ABSTRACT
Science and technology questions have had an important place in the relationships between the country and the countries in which the author has served as Ambassador: Romania, India, and Chile. With regard to developing countries, though, it is harder, because their science resources are usually scarcer and their governments often play a much larger role than does theirs. In Washington, this means careful selection of the individual who fills the role of Science Advisor to the President and a deliberate decision to involve that person in policy-making. It means, too, an equally deliberate focusing on those developing countries which are of particular importance to the United States and a determination of the relative priorities that should be assigned in the use of government science resources internationally. Overseas, the counterpart would be a strengthening of the system of science attaches, and the incorporation into the Ambassador's goals and objectives of a significant science and technology component.
