§ Captain Pluggeasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give a list of British scientific missions to other countries which have been arranged since the war; and whether he has any plans for extending our scientific liaison with other countries by adding the necessary personnel to our embassies and legations, particularly in the United States of America?
§ Mr. ButlerAfter 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 co-operation 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 447W Harvard University, recently visited England as President Roosevelt's representative in order to establish a corresponding mission in this country. There were special arrangements for scientific liaison with France, but these naturally lapsed on the conclusion of the Franco-German armistice,