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4 May 1973

MEETING OF FRENCH AND AUSTRALIAN SCIENTISTS

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Ã¢ÂÂ¢  The Department of Foreign Affairs announced today that

a team of four French scientists would be commencing technical

discussions with a group of Australian scientists in Canberra

on Monday, 7 May. The discussions are expected to last about

two days. .

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Australian

Academy of Science report on the biological effects of fallout

from nuclear explosions.

The four French scientists will be: Professor Gauvenet,

Deilegate of the French Atomic Energy Commission's Nuclear Protection

and Security Mission (L e ader); Dr M echali, Head of the same

Commission's Health Protection Service; M. Lavie, Deputy Head

of the Commission's Radiological Security Service and M. Chaussard,

Director of the French National Office of Meteorology.

The Australian scientists will be led by Sir Rutherford

Robertson, President of the Australian Academy of Science. Other

members will be Professor S.T. Butler, Professor of Theoretical

Physics, University of Sydney; Professor Michael D,J. White,

Professor of Genetics, University of Melbourne; and Dr D. Metcalf,

a research scientist at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of

Medical Research, Melbourne.

