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[[underline]] July 15 [[/underline]]

AM Meeting with Ambassador Brown and USOM 
    Director Bernstein
   Meeting with Economic Planning Board
   Meeting with President Park
   Press Conference

2:00 PM Departure

II. [[underline]] Timeliness of Proposal [[/underline]]

A. [[underline]] Interest on part of Koreans [[/underline]]

The group was impressed by the timeliness of the proposal for establishing an Institute for Industrial Technology and Applied Science in Korea. This was reflected in the intense interest which the proposal aroused on the part of Korean Government, business, and education leaders, and the Korean press. In addition, a ferment of activity had developed within universities and research establishments to outline programs, many of them objective and without seeking to advance special interests, for the guidance of the group. Indeed, one of the useful by-products of the visit was the stimulus which it applied to the Koreans themselves to assess their level of scientific and technological progress and to devise means for moving ahead in these areas.