In mid-May 1988, I had the opportunity to go to Moscow as part of a delegation to the first meeting of the U.S./U.S.S.R. Joint Working Group on Earth Sciences. The meeting was held under the Agreement Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Concerning Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes, signed in April 1987. The agreement is implemented by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences.

Webster, F. 1988. A trip to Moscow. Oceanography 1(2):46–47, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1988.13.

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