The Helsinki Forum and East-West Scientific Exchange
Thursday, January 31, 1980, 5:00 am
Witnesses
Dr. Frank Press
Director
Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
Hon. Thomas Pickering
Assistnat Secretary
Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State
James Goodby
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Pago European Affairs
Dr. Philip Handler
President
National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Duane Acker
President
Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science
Andrei Tverdokhlebov
Soviet Physicists/Human Rights Activist
Soviet Union
Dr. Paul Flory
Nobel Laureate
Department of Chemistry/Stanford University
Anthony Ralston
Former President
Association for Computing Machinery
Dr. Max Gottesman
Committee of Concerned Scientists
National Cancer Institute/National Institute of Health
Professor John Edsall
Professor Emeritus/Chairman
Harvard University/AAAS Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility
Dr. Herman Feshbach
Head
Department of Physics, MIT
The Committee on Science and Technology as well as the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe sponsored the hearing to examine free and open scientific exchange among the OSCE member states. Amidst the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Andrei Tverdokhlebov, physicist and human rights activist, gave testimony about the restrictive state of freedom of association in the U.S.S.R., its effects on the scientific community, and attempts by the Soviet Government to silence Andrei Sakharov. The witnesses and the Commissioners discussed possible non-essential travel bans on future scientific exchanges and other joint international scientific efforts.
Relevant Countries
Leadership