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same area. They would provide a nucleus for the new Institute, and it would profit from the tradition of high standards built up and maintained in these institutions.

C. [[underline]] Cooperative Arrangement with American Technical Organization [[/underline]]

A cooperative arrangement should be worked out with a highly qualified American technical organization in order to enable the Institute to get off to a rapid start. Initial elements of the Institute should be in being, if at all possible, within twelve months, and growth thereafter should take place as rapidly as qualified talent for the selected tasks can be found.

Prompt steps should be taken to arrange a preliminary contract with one of the following institutions:

Battelle Memorial Institute
A. D. Little, Inc.
Stanford Research Institute

in order to work with the Korean Government Preparatory Committee (already appointed) in organizing the new Institute, recruiting its key management, and in planning