The file contains essentially correspondence on the membership to the ODP, on a memorandum of understanding for regular membership of the ESF Consortium in the ODP of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling (JOIDES); Reports, among other the Annual Report 1985 ODP, the Report on the ODP meetings (Sweden, Aspanäs Conference Centre 05/1985), the report of the JOIDES Executive Committee and ODP Council meeting (Washington 06/1985), the Draft report on the second ESF Consortium workshop on the ODP (Aspenäs, 23-24/05/1985) and summary of decisions and action plan.
It also contains the Memorandums of understanding between the NSF and the Natural Environment Research Council on the participation of the UK in the ODP as a Candidate Member, between the NSF and the ESF on the participation of the ESF Consortium in the ODP as a Candidate member, between the NSF and the ESF and the agency in Caberra, Australia on the participation of Consortium X in the ODP as a Regular member; the draft minutes of the meeting of the ESF working group on the ODP (Aspenäs, 22/05/1985); the Draft proposal for an ESF Associated Programme ESF Australasian Consortium for Oean Drilling (08/1985).

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