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IN a written reply to a Parliamentary question on April 29, Mr. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said: ‘After consultation with the appropriate authorities in the United States, His Majesty's Government have drawn up a comprehensive scheme, which has already been put into operation, for cooperation in scientific matters with the United States of America. His Majesty's Government have selected and sent Dr. Darwin, the director of the National Physical Laboratory, as director of a Central Scientific Office, working under the direction of the British Supply Council in North America. Dr. Darwin's duty will be to collaborate with United States research bodies, to act as a channel for the exchange with the appropriate United States authorities of technical and scientific information, and generally to co-ordinate scientific and technical inquiries to and from the United States authorities, except in those matters which are already dealt with through the Service attaches. In addition, Dr. Conant, the president of Harvard University, recently visited England as President Roosevelt's representative in order to establish a corresponding mission in this country.”
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Scientific Liaison with America. Nature 147, 537–538 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147537c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147537c0