D O C . 3 3 2 S T A T E M E N T S AT I C I C 537 - 18 - 223. Appointment of a Canadian and of a Portuguese Correspondent. The Committee decided, as far as the appointment of a Canadian correspondent was concerned, to instruct the Secretary to submit unofficially to the Canadian delegate attached to the Institute for Intellectual Co-operation the list of persons which had been communicated by the Cana- dian Government. He would choose the person who, in his view, would be most capable of fulfilling the duties of correspondent of the Committee in Canada. With regard to the appointment of a Portuguese correspondent, the Committee decided to ask the Portuguese National Committee to submit the names of three persons from among whom the Chairman of the Committee on Intellectual Co-operation would choose the Portuguese correspondent. TH IRD MEETING ( r iv a t e ) Held on Tuesday, July 27th, 19 2 6 , at 10 .3 0 a.m. Present : All the members of the Committee or their substitutes who attended the previous meeting. 224. Q u e s tio n o f e s ta b lis h in g an I n te r n a tio n a l B u re a u o f M e te o ro lo g y (continuation). [2] The Ch a ir ma n said that, as the result of a conversation which he had had with M. Rocco, M. Einstein, M. de Vos van Steenwyck and the Secretary, he thought it would be preferable, instead of delegating full powers to the small Committee composed of Mme. Curie, M. Einstein and himself, to settle the question in the plenary Committee. [3] In September next a meeting of meteorologists would take place, as the result of which the Committee would receive a report and fresh details regarding the scheme. The Committee would then be able to determine in what measure it would be possible to maintain that the proposed scheme corresponded to the desires of the meteorologists of the world. If it were necessary, further details would be asked for, and the small Committee already chosen would then submi t a report to tpCit, he le nary omm tee t ogether w i t h a d r a f t l e t t e r t o b e s e n t b y t h e Commi t t ee to the Council. A s i t w o u l d b e i m p o s s i b l e t o c a l l t h e C o m m i t t e e t o g e t h e r a g a i n , all the members would receive the relevant documents and would be asked to adopt a reso- lution by means of correspondence — a procedure which could be completed in a few weeks. The substance of the letter to the Council would be to the following effect : It would begin by an historical account of the question, going back to pre-war days, enumer- ating the undertakings which had been interrupted by the war and those which had been able to resume work, and emphasising the danger which would be incurred if the efforts made were interrupted a second time through lack of funds. The letter would refer to the necessity in any case of maintaining existing organisations. It would emphasise the utility of going further in the direction of establishing the proposed International Bureau. After having thus shown the practical utility of the scheme, as well as its scientific utility the Committee would submit it to the consideration of the Council, adding that it would be happy to help in the execution of any decision which the Council might see fit to take. Further the Committee would draw the attention of the Council to certain questions of a really urgent nature, and it was very probable that the Council would take account of this urgency when it adopted its resolution. The letter would further point out that the scheme would probably be of interest to organisations other than the Committee on Intellectual Co-operation. It should emphasise the fact that the support of those organisations, however valuable it might be, was not indispensable for a decision as to the utility of the scheme, for its utility was shown by the importance of the question of meteorology itself. The only full powers asked for were that the bureau of the Committee should be author- ised to draft the letter to the Council, which would be submitted to all the members of the Committee. It would seem preferable, out of deference to the Council, not to mention the manner in which the necessary money could be found, for example, by appealing to Govern- ments, but merely to raise the general question before the Council. For information, the Chairman explained that the organisations which would perhaps be consulted at a future date were the following : Advisory and Technical Committee on Communications and Transit of the League of Nations, Economic Committee of the League, International Hydrographic Bureau, Inter- national Committee on Aerial Navigation, International Institute of Agriculture at Rome, International Research Council at Brussels. M. E in s t e in feared that unless the Committee, in its letter to the Council, entered into certain details as to the future measures to be adopted, the lack of clearness with regard to the situation would give rise to certain difficulties. The S e c r e t a r y thought that the Council would do nothing without consulting the Com- mittee and the organisations concerned, so that the future procedure would be settled by force of circumstances.