planned to review all criteria applied by ACDA in examining proposed arms and technology transfers and to attempt to identify the pre-conditions which must exist between supplier and recipient before an arms transfer agreement can be reached. Also planned is a project to explore various multilateral approaches to the reduction of military expenditures, an issue currently under study by the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament in Geneva, in which the US is playing an active role.

4. Nuclear Test Limitations ($150,000) ACDA will continue the development of improved methods of discriminating between seismic signals to permit more effective verification of nuclear explosions. Current and anticipated negotiations with the Soviet Union on the technically complex problem of discriminating between peaceful nuclear explosions and weapons tests make this supporting research timely and significant.

5. Other ($150,000) Funds for this category will be allocated to two projects. First, the Agency plans to conduct a study to determine whether remote sensing techniques can be used to effectively verify a possible ban on the production of chemical warfare agents. The second project will continue an exploration already begun of the role of communications (e.g., hot lines or similar rapid communications devices) in the management of international

crises.

AUTHORIZATION

Mr. SLACK. Do you have an authorization for fiscal year 1977?
Mr. IKLE. Yes; we have the authorization.

Mr. SLACK. How much?

Mr. IKLE. $23,440,000, for fiscal 1976 and 1977 together. It is a 2-year authorization.

NUMBER OF POSITIONS

Mr. SLACK. How many permanent positions are currently authorized for this Agency?

Mr. IKLE. One hundred seventy-five.

Mr. SLACK. How many of those are filled?

Mr. HACKETT. We have 170 filled as of the moment.

Mr. SLACK. It is my understanding that you are requesting four additional permanent positions in the supplemental, and no additional positions in the 1977 budget; is that correct?

Mr. IKLE. None beyond these, right, Mr. Chairman.

CONTRACTS AND GRANTS

Mr. SLACK. Do you have a list of contracts and grants?

Mr. HACKETT, Yes; Mr. Chairman.

Mr. SLACK. May we have them, please.

Mr. HACKETT. Here is a list of the contracts signed to date this fiscal year.

Mr. SLACK. Are these all? Do you have consultants?

Mr. HACKETT. We have a separate list.

Mr. SLACK. Very well. Without objection, we shall insert at this point in the record a list of the ACDA consultants for fiscal year 1976-July 1, 1975 to February 29, 1976-and also the status of obligations for fiscal year 1976 external research programs as of February 29, 1976.

[The list of consultants and research programs follow:]

*Foster, William
Galiano, Robert
Garwin, Richard
Goldhaber, Gertrude
Hayward, Albert
Hoeber, Frank
*Kirkland, Lane
Klein, David

Lambert, Robert
Leites, Nathan

Linebaugh, J. David

*Marcy, Carl

*Martin, Joseph

*McCone, John

Palfrey, John G

Panofsky, Wolfgang

Pool, Ithiel de Sola

Ruina, Jack

*Rusk, Dean

*Scranton, William

2,059.67 2,980.00 320.18 276.96 1,010.64 713.04

783.55 3,877.86 276.96

2,035.04 1,078.72 3,665.40

699.28 1,640.94 840.00 8,705.83

740.78 2,007.74 276.96

190.00

588.54

1,162.72