SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

E.

Vienna Service Section (1975 Actual, $147,253; 1976 Estimate, $185,930; 1977 Estimate, $200,730; Increase, $14,800).

These funds cover costs for rent, travel, supplies, equipment and other services related to the maintenance, adaptation, construction and renovation of Cultural Exchange and International Fair Exhibits between showings, The increase of $14,800 is requested for anticipated increases in the and other backstopping activities.

cost of supplies, services, and travel.

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U.S. participation in the International Ocean Exposition held at Okinawa, Japan was funded at $5,620,000 through supplemental
appropriations in 1974 and 1975. Of the total provided, not less than $2,500,000 was stipulated to be paid in Japanese Yen
accrued under the Settlement on Post War Economic Assistance between the United States and Japan. We plan to obligate a total
of $2,978,000 in Yen and the remaining $2,642,000 in dollars. In addition to these funds, $104,000 was contributed by various
private sources for support of the exhibit.

The United States Exhibition at Ocean Expo '75 was open from July 20, 1975 to January 18, 1976 during which time it was visited
by nearly two million Japanese visitors including oceans specialists, Japanese Government officials concerned with marine affairs,
and third country oceanographic experts. The U.S. exhibition constituted a comprehensive statement about our accomplishments and
capabilities in ocean science and technology, as well as a demonstration of America's continued interest in Japan and Okinawa.
After the Expo, the equipment and exhibits comprising the U.S. exhibition will be moved to Osaka and displayed again, as a
centerpiece of a U.S. bicentennial mini-expo. The entire Osaka exhibition, undertaken at the request of a private group of
prominent Japanese media enterprises, will be handled by the Japanese at no expense to the U.S. Government.

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UNOBLIGATED BALANCE IN SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

ACCOUNT

Mr. SLACK. You are requesting $4,841,000, a decrease of $1,346,000 from the appropriation for the current fiscal year. Do you estimate any carryover into fiscal year 1977?

Mr. SILVERMAN. Yes, sir. We expect to carry over $892,400 into 1977. Mr. SLACK. What is the total program level planned for 1977!

Mr. SILVERMAN. The total program level in 1977 will be $306,341 in the labor mission program, and $5,447,099 in our fairs and exhibitions program.

LABOR MISSIONS

Mr. SLACK. This request includes $269,000 for labor missions, which are carried out by the Department of Labor; are they not?

Mr. SILVERMAN. Yes, sir; they are carried out by the Labor Department, with an allocation from the U.S. Information Agency.

Mr. SLACK. How many labor missions are planned for fiscal year 1977?

Mr. SILVERMAN. I believe it is 18, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. SLACK. How would that compare with the current year?

Mr. SILVERMAN. It is an increase of seven in the number of missions planned by the Department of Labor, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. SLACK. You say it is an increase?

Mr. SILVERMAN. They expect to have, in particular, 15 missions not associated with fairs, as compared with 11 in 1976.

Mr. SLACK. Eighteen for 1977?

Mr. SILVERMAN. Including the missions that go to the international fairs, yes, sir.

FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS

Mr. SLACK. The request includes $4,572,000 for fairs and exhibitions which are handled by the USIA. That is correct, is it not?

Mr. SILVERMAN. Yes, sir, that is correct.

Mr. SLACK. How many fairs do you plan to participate in during 1977?

Mr. SILVERMAN. We expect to fund five fairs during fiscal 1977. Part of the funds will go into fairs that will take place in a different fiscal year, but the funding takes place within that year. That is for fairs in Berlin and in Eastern Europe. In addition, there will be four thematic centerpieces provided in certain fairs outside of Eastern Europe where United States interests indicate that some presence should be effected at those fairs.

COMMERCIAL PRESENCE FAIRS

The Department of Commerce is dropping its program of participating in such fairs that they have heretofore carried out. Mr. SLACK. Those are the commercial presence fairs? Mr. SILVERMAN. The commercial presence fairs, yes, sir. Mr. SLACK. They will be continued by USIA?

Mr. SILVERMAN. We will pick up a very small part of it, only because there are such important diplomatic reasons to have some United States presence at these fairs. We will have some centerpiece, usually moved from some other location, just so something will be there.

Hopefully this will be built around some additional presence from
American business interests.

Mr. SLACK. How much is included in the budget for such fairs?
Mr. SILVERMAN. $100,000, Mr. Chairman.

CULTURAL EXCHANGE EXHIBITS

Mr. SLACK. What are your plans in 1977 for the cultural exchange exhibits?

Mr. SILVERMAN. In 1977 we expect to spend $2,217,500 for exchange exhibits with the Soviet Union. That will be the showing of the exhibit, Photography, U.S.A., and the initial costs of the next exhibit in the ninth series, Food, U.S.A.

Mr. SLACK. Very good.

ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF RADIO FACILITIES

The final item is entitled "Acquisition and Construction of Radio Facilities." It is to be found on page 165 of the committee print. We shall insert pages 1 through 6 of the justification book at this point in the record.

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Prior appropriations and the 1977 appropriation request are summarized below:

Total

10,135,000

205,006,939

409,542