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I I I - 18 - circles about the presentation of A.U.C.'s appeals to the Government. This has become a specialized field and the least A.U.C. can do is to have a trained person on the staff to prepare, present and process these important matters in a businesslike way. The Commission would urge that the Board authorize, as soon as possible, the em­ployment of a highly competent person to a) organize and handle the business affairs of the University (taking most of this load off the President); b) specialize in the presentation of appeals to U.S. Government agencies for the grants without which the University will not be able to carry out its full ~otentiality . • It would seem to . th~ Commission that A.U.C. needs a skilled business manager, based largely in Cairo, and a top-ranking fiduciary officer in the United States, con­centrating primarily on fund raisj.ng from all sources, including especially foundations and the U.S. Government. To what extent, and for what purposes (capital or operations) A.U.C. is prepared to accept grants from U.S. Government agencies is, of course, an important matter of policy to be decided by the Board. So ,long and insofar as funds can be processed and utilized for the proper ob­jectives of the University without government control, there would seem to be little objection -- in fact, a necessity -- in receiving them. Certainly 'it is vital that the integrity and autonomy of the University shoul