Official issues : draft agendas, list of participants, draft summary minutes and, as addendum, amendments requested by the Spanish delegation, plus corrigendum.
Relevant subjects : Contracts (adaptation of the CTS repeater for the ESRO parametric amplifier, supply and installation of n.11 14-Ghz radiometers, detailed design and development of an infrared horizon sensor and a 50-Nms two-axis gimballed momentum wheel, product assurance consultancy, ride to a contract for technical assistance for the operation and maintenance of satellite check-out stations, interim study contracts for GEOS satellite, running of ESOC computers, report on contract action taken by ESOC in connection with the TD-1-A project, operation and naintenance of the Fairbanks telemetry station)
Legal matters (provisional measures for use of ESRO facilities, future of ESRIN, disposal of the conversion facilities at ESOC, draft Resolutions and terms of reference, Agreement with Japan, report on relations with IMCO, revision of the Tromso contract with the NTNF (Norway), interpretation of the term "Representatives of Member States")
Personnel matters (revision of remunerations with effect from 01/07/1972, double residence allowance, appointment and regrading of a permanent agent of the Audit Commission)
Financi al matters (3. call-up of contributions for 1972, effect of changes in exchange rates on the 1972 and 1973 budgets, revision of the 1972 budget, draft 1973 budget, report by the ad-hoc Finance Group and proposal by the Secretariat concerning a reserve fund, 1973 draft budget for the ESRANGE Special Project, 1971 accounts, proposals concerning some sounding rocket payloads)
Progress report on negotiations concerning the future ESRO computer system.
As Annex n.2 : AFC authorisation for the Director General to arrange a bank loan for the correct functioning of ESRO in the remainder of 1972

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