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. " I , , Page 3 would maintain a liaison and would sit In on the various conferences. Out of the conference (and further conversations the next day with Mr. Dodge of AID, Dr. Ireland and Mr. Byers of Cu) arose the conviction that In reply to Mr. Bellis letter the UniversIty should state Its case as forcefully and broadly as possible. ThIs reply will become the basis of further conversa­tions with AID and CU, and with members of Congress as well. At least the fo J.lowl ng I terns shou 1 d be stressed I n the rep ly to Mr. Be 11: I) The University 15 anxious that all previous studies. analyses and reports on the University be used as fully as possible. These Included the Unlversity·s own ten-year projection (The Years Ahead), The Stevenson Commission report, and the Profile of the American Universltx In Cairo, as well as various miscellaneous documents such as the answers prepared in respon.e ~ to Secretary Battle's and Ambassador Badeau's questions. The University does not seek to avoid further studies so long as they are not a repetition of the results already In the files of the Stat~ Department and AID. The University will welcome a study group, which will probably come to Cairo In mld-July. 2) The University desires a broader base for the support p~ogram than Is indicated In the Bell letter, which lays partIcular stress upon the desire to further the economIc development of Egypt. While this Is a major concern of the University (indeed, developmental economics Is the specialized stress in the MA program now being Inaugurated In the department of Economics In cooperation with the EconomIc Planning Board of Egypt, and while much of the work of the Social Research Center poInts towards this end, the UniversIty makes Its claim for support on the strength of Its entire program. There Is reason to believe that the ultimate contribution of the University to Egypt and the Middle East will be measured by the type of person Its liberal studies produces, and by the kind of leadership that person can give, rather than by the more direct and Immediate contrIbution It may make In deve10pmental economIcs. As a further matter of practlca1lty, the University could not have strength In Its department of EconomIcs and In Its Social Research Center unlte,s.s it achieves and maintains strength In Its entire program of liberal studies, on both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Its other MA programs are also needed In Egypt. . ~ In a stIli broader sense, the University asks for support so as to make Its If American presencelf In Egypt fu lly acceptab Ie as measured by the most rigorous standards 19lAmerican higher educatlon.The matter even goes beyond education/program. As long as the UniversIty exists In Egypt It will represent America, not only in the educa­tional program, but In Its entire cultural, scientifIc and humane Impact. This will occur whether or not the University, or the American Government, is even conscious of this role that It 15 playing. It Is Important, therefore, that this representation be good