Word: aec
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Under the contract, the AEC will furnish Harvard and M.I.T. with $4 to $5 million a year to run the high-energy particle accelerator. Included in the contract are several provisions which limit the University's freedom to determine who can visit the Accelerator and do research there...
Harvard will be required to furnish the AEC with background information on all aliens doing research at the CEA, and will allow the commission the final say on Soviet-bloc scientists who do work there. The original contract proposals--which were rejected by the University--would have allowed the AEC to veto the employment application of any alien, not just those from Soviet-bloc countries...
...will also be required to notfly the AEC in advance of any formal visits planned by Soviet-bloc scientists, although there will be no control over "casual" visits. This provision represents a modification of the Commission's original demand that it control all visits to the CEA, and that the University file a detailed report after each visit by a Soviet-bloc guest...
...University objected strenuously to these provisions, which it considered serious abridgements of its academic freedom. Over a year of bitter dispute followed the AEC's original contract proposals, and finally the AEC softened its original demands...
Despite the AEC's concessions, however, the final contract will still require the University to furnish the AEC with background information on all aliens doing research at the accelerator. Harvard will also have to notify the Commission whenever scientists from Soviet bloc nations plan visits...