An appropriate bilateral agreement may also be considered with the European Space Agency (ESA). Such cooperative project appears quite natural in view of the close U.S.-ESA cooperation in the Shuttle- Spacelab project. Initially, possibly for the next 3-5 years, these agreements could aim mainly at coordinating feasibility studies, including: effects of microwave power transmission on humans and biota as well as on radio services, research of technical problems, determination of appropriate sites for receiving antennas, and meeting of experts and many other matters. Possibly, some of these topics (such as exchange of information, coordination of research) are already covered in current U.S. bilaterals pertaining to solar energy and, to that extent, this may facilitate negotiations. In the conduct of negotiations the United States may wish to proceed on a case-by-case basis taking into account its general relations with the foreign country. There appears little reason that would prevent the United States from pursuing virtually all of the indicated international avenues simultaneously. Past experience, for instance, in the field of development of international agreements for safeguarding the peaceful utilization of atomic energy, show that the United States entered into many bilateral agreements while it simultaneously championed the establishment of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) which for many years did not come into existence.
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