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Provides background information on the IGY, including its antecedents, origin, and evolution, and organization and funding; and describes scientific programs and results. Examines both general political impacts and specific effects due primarily to the Soviet Union's IGY artificial satellite program. Also suggests possible applicability of international goodwill generated by world scientific community to solution of international political problems, and gives specific examples of IGY influence on subsequent international diplomacy.

Study prepared for the Subcom on National Security Policy and Scientific Developments, analyzing the contributions made through international scientific cooperation during the International Geophysical Year (IGY), 1957-58, toward progress in science and political detente. Report, by Harold Bullis of CRS, is eleventh in a series on "Science, Technology, and American Diplomacy."

Science > International cooperation.