Mr. RICHARDSON. Yes, sir. That increase affects the sums available in the reception centers where the State Department has offices to receive foreign visitors, in New York, San Francisco, Miami, New Orleans, and Honolulu. There has been a very modest amount provided by the committee and the Congress for some years. We have increasing pressure to do something for very important people from time to time in those reception centers. It is the only domestic allowance that we have for entertainment expenses, and since we have gone for a great many years without increasing this amount and since it is increasingly coming out of the pockets of the staff in those reception centers, we thought this was an appropriate time to ask for this increase. EXCESS FOREIGN CURRENCY Mr. SLACK. I also note that on the same page you are requesting deletion of the language requiring the use of foreign currencies. Why are you making such a proposal? Mr. RICHARDSON. There are several reasons for that. In the first place, the agreements under public law 480 where these amounts arise no longer provide for the conversion of excess foreign currencies, for the use of excess foreign currencies in other countries than in the country of their origin. That is one reason. Second, there are only seven excess foreign currency countries left in fiscal year 1977. In fact, of that seven, Poland will no longer be excess, as we estimate it, as of January 1977. So, the group of countries providing excess foreign currencies is rapidly declining. If we are to maintain a balanced program and not force the use of funds in the excess foreign currency countries, the actual usage in 1977 would amount to only $1,470,000 as we estimate it. Since we are already required and do, in fact, seek to use the maximum of excess foreign currencies, it seem to us that this requirement is somewhat obsolete and could well be dropped by the committee. Mr. SLACK. How much did you obligate in excess currencies during the years 1974 and 1975? Mr. RICHARDSON. I have 1975 here; I will get 1974-1975 was $2,281,838 and 1974 was $2,721,346. Mr. SLACK. What are your estimates for 1976 and 1977? Mr. RICHARDSON. Our estimate in 1976 is $2,038,000; in 1977 our estimate, as I have just mentioned, is $1,470,000. AMERICAN LECTURERS AND RESEARCH SCHOLARS Mr. SLACK. Do you have the list of American lecturers, research scholars, and professors with you? Mr. RICHARDSON. Yes, sir, we do. Mr. SLACK. In addition to the individuals on this list, you also make grants to American teachers and graduate students, as well as to foreign professors? Mr. RICHARDSON. Yes, sir. Mr. SLACK. Do you have a list of those? Mr. RICHARDSON. No. sir. We haven't in the past provided such a list. It would be a very long list of people. Of course, if the committee wishes it, we could develop it. AMERICAN STUDENTS ABROAD FOREIGN STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES Mr. SLACK. It is my understanding that you usually supply us with a table showing the numbers of American students abroad and foreign students in the United States. Do you have such tables this morning? Mr. RICHARDSON. Yes, sir. Mr. SLACK. Without objection, we shall insert at this point in the record a Statement of American Students Abroad and Foreign Students Studying in the United States, Academic Years 1954–76. [The information follows:] MUTUAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES STATEMENT OF AMERICAN STUDENTS ABROAD AND FOREIGN STUDENTS STUDYING IN THE UNITED STATES *Total figures for American and foreign students are from "Open Doors" annual census published by the Institute of International Education. Where no figures exist, surveys for those years have not been completed. U.S. GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES Mr. SLACK. May we also have a table showing the U.S. Government civilian exchange activities? Mr. RICHARDSON. Yes, sir. Mr. SLACK. Without objection we shall insert the document at this point in the record. [The document follows:] DEPARTMENT OF STATE MUTUAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES-U.S. GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES, FISCAL YEARS 1947-77 [Some of the activities listed include projects which are funded under the appropriation of certain agencies such as the Department of State and the Agency for International Development, but which are ad Department of State, Bureau of Educational and 1. Mutual educational and cultural exchange 2. International educational exchange activi- 3. Finnish (Public Law 265, 81st Cong.). 6. Center for Cultural and Technical Inter- Subtotal, Department of State. Agency for International Development: Total Department of Health, Education and Welfare: National Science Foundation 4. National Science Foundation (special foreign Total, bilateral activities. II. ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN NATIONALS IN [In thousands of dollars] |