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Mr. Sheeks (cont.)
2. the training and research programs to develop, to test and to modify new techniques with new materials for the improvement of present inefficiency; 3. the programs to build the indigineous foundation of science and technology in the form of [[underlined]] institutionalized science [[/underlined]] that is essential to furnish a sustained and systematized flow of innovations for continuous growth in self-sufficient food supply, well-balanced economy and technology of the country.  The first two phases have been more or less carried out in the U. S. assistance programs to the Republic of Korea which were heavily relied on short term crash efforts, hoping that a series of short-term panaceas will add up to long term solutions.  It should be abundantly evident that while it serves useful purposes a series of short term crash efforts or patchworks would not necessarily add up to long term solutions. 

Now, as Korea makes a great stride toward a self-sufficient economy with social and political stability, the third phase must be implemented in Korea to build the indigineous base of science and technology that is essential for continuous, healthy growth in the food production, economy and technology of Korea in the years ahead.  The establishment of the Korean Institute of Science and Technology marks the advent of more sophisticated [[underlined]] institutionalized science and technology [[/underlined]] in Korea.  Despite the scientific consensus that it is the full-pledged center for Korean science and technology of multidisciplinary nature, the Institute of Sceince ^[[change order of letters symbol]] and Technology, while contributing to these goals in important areas, appears to be limited to engineering and technological fields having an immediate-profit-making motive.  This Institute would not touch upon important scientific fields related to basic information that is essential to sustain a self-sufficient food production and well-balanced economy in the future of Korea.  It is rather common phenomenon that the political and administrative leadership fails to understand the significance ^[[of]] scientific fields with little immediate-profit-making motive, and so fails to allocate resources and opportunity for developing scientific capability.  Neverthless, these scientific  fields