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Examines the efforts of Western organizations and companies to rescue scientists of the former Soviet Union, many of whom have either fled their homeland or been forced to give up their research. Benefits for Western groups; Opportunities in the former Soviet labs for companies such as University Science Partners of Ann Arbor, Michigan; Investments by the Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory (SSCL). INSET: A clearinghouse that could get clogged, by D.P.H..

Describes efforts by the National Academy of Sciences to help reverse the erosion of the former Soviet Union's science and technology infrastructure collapse; Suggested course of action for United States government; Need to turn military labs intocivilian research labs; Suggested funding for aid; Opportunities for West in civilian science in the Commonwealth of Independent States.