Official issues : draft agendas, list of participants, draft summary minutes and, as addendum, amendments requested by the French delegation.
Relevant subjects : Contracts (sun-pointing attitude control units for SKYLARK sounding rockets, SKYLARK motors, upgrading computer system IBM-360/50, operation and maintenance of the Fairbanks telemetry station, supply and installation of a security system for vibration equipment)
Contract aspects concerning the execution of the Applied Research Programme
Personnel matters (report to the Council on the remuneration of A-grade staff for launching campaigns and shift work, 1970 annual review of daily subsistence rates for staff on mission, adjustment of the kilometric allowance rates)
Legal matters (model Memorandum of Understanding for scientific experiments to be included in ESRO satellites, draft Resolution on the conversion to Accounting Units of the amount expressed in French Francs in the Arrangement between certain Member States and ESRO concerning the Special TD-1 Project)
Industrial Policy matters (long-term policy on computer systems)
4. revision of the 1970 budget (joint ESRO/ELDO representative in Washington, additional sounding rocket programme, taking-over by the ESTEC Space Science Department of the COS-B telescope experiment following the withdrawal of the Southampton Group)
ESRO Charging Policy
2. call-up of contributions for 1970
Reimbursement of German Mark revaluation gain to Germany
Draft amendment to article n.38 of the Financial Rules concerning withdrawals from Treasury accounts

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