Japanese officials said Tokyo might expand its $100 million program of economic assistance to include greater amounts of food aid and technical exchanges.

Bilateral cooperation involves technical exchanges, mutual training events, jointly conducted exercises and emergency management assistance.

"At that time, scientific and technical exchanges often had a value above and beyond the technical information that was being discussed."

But he added, "If the territorial-political obstacle is removed, economic cooperation, cultural interchange and technical exchange can start simultaneously."

The modern trend seems to be to emphasize the advisory role of the science attaché over the facilitation of scientific and technical exchanges.

Corrigan moved over to stand by Hatcher, and they went into a technical exchange about loop gains and parameter settings.

But the staff also said that technical exchanges could benefit the American industry.

Instead, officials said the Administration was weighing some mild punitive actions, like temporarily suspending technical exchanges.

These were not isolated incidents, in space or on the ground; joint projects and technical exchange have gone on for years.

In the same spirit, we will carry on our busy schedule of political contacts and technical exchanges.