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bution fees, in spite of the very low level of these fees for the more
of them;
- from national agencies ? The more of the big ones afford
ISP an important help with engineers, offices, secretariate faci.'l Lties,
etc. We cannot go to far on this way, without encountering the danger
of a rupture in the present assistance;
- from the major instrument makers and private surveying firms ?
Secretary General Pred Doyle meets some difficulty to establish the
new category of sustaining members, as decided at the Helsinki General
Assembly; the sums needed by Ted Blachut are significantly higher
them the yearly contributions under discussion; so, it seems difficult
that either the ISP Secretary General or the ISP President directly
writes to the major exhibitions; we must not forget that, if the today's
relations are very good between ISP and the instrument makers, the time
is not so far away when, in the sixties, our predecessors rejected the
instrument makers from the technical sessions to their stands in the
equipment exhibition as Jesus expelled the merchants from the Jerusalem
temple;
n) I must not have a behaviour which could seem to be only nega
tive and I would like to express a few positive suggestions, which are
as follows :
a) I am ready to resume my action at the UNESCO to get seine
financial help even for the redaction of the manuscript; unfortunately
I had little time available since a few months; my retirement from the
Government service in January next will enable me to do more; however
and obviously, I can visit UNESCO earlier;
b) we consider that the chairman of the editorial board has
a sufficient weight to write himself to the instrument makers, manu
facturers of supplies, surveying firms; the resolution of the General
Assembly has charged Poland, which accepted, with the establishment
a working group to write the history of Photogrammetry; the President
of Commission VI has appointed a Chairman, who accepted, for the
editorial board, so, this chairman is entitled to write on behalf of
ISP, quoting the authority he has received from the ISP General Assem
bly;
c) Secretary General Frederick Doyle has proposed to get in touch
with Dr. Talbert Abrams, who administers a foundation and who will
probably accept to help the working group;
