held five times during the period from December 20, COMMITTEE AND THE SECRETARIAT 1972 to March 27, 1975 in which it discussed various pending questions. In addition, a Planning Com-On August 16, 1971, the Japanese Organising Com- mittee, a Technical Committee and a Ladies' Committee was established to operate and prepare for the mittee were also set up.
Tokyo Congress under the Articles of the World The Planning Committee (headed by Kenji Petroleum Congresses. The Chairman, two Vice- Ishiwatari, Senior Executive Vice-President of Chairmen and the Congress Secretary were elected as Maruzen Oil Co. Ltd) met 26 times during the period follows: from September 30, 197 1 to July 9, 1975 and they were briefed, to consider the fund-raising, the budgets and Chairman: Kazuo Miyamori, President of the other general operational preparations of the Tokyo Maruzen Oil Co. Ltd Congress other than the items concerning the Tech-Vice-chairmen: Kunio Uwatoko, Professor nical and the Ladies' programmes.
Emeritus of the University of Furthermore, a Tour working group and a Public Tokyo Relations working group were established under the Tai Kambara, President of Mineral Planning Committee, The Tour working group held Industries' Advisory Committee on 11 meetings to study the plan for the public transport, Statistics the technical tours and the post-Congress tours of the Secretary: Hideo Kumeda 9th Congress. The Public Relations working group The Japanese Organising Committee constituted was in charge of public relations and publicity and 161 members from the Government, the Academic held 10 meetings.
Society, the Petroleum Associations, the Petroleum The Technical Committee (headed by Kunio Refining and Distributing companies, the Petroleum Uwatoko, Professor Emeritus of the University of Manufacturing companies, the Petrochemical com- Tokyo) elected its members from the petroleum experts panies, the Petroleum Equipment Manufacturing and engineers of the Japan Petroleum Institute, the companies, Petroleum Transportation companies, Japanese Association of Petroleum Technologists, the Trading companies, Iron and Steel companies and Fuel Society of Japan and the Society of Chemical Construction companies. This Committee was Engineers, Japan, to discuss various problems of the appointed to be the highest voting organ. technical sessions of the Tokyo Congress and to con-Seven meetings were convened since the first one, sider the selections of papers by the chairmen and which was held on August 16, 1971, and important scientific secretaries from Japan: II meetings were items were discussed in these meetings. held since October 29, 1971.
Four members from the Petroleum Refining and A Technical working group and a Technical Film Distributing companies assisted the Chairman and a working group were set up as a substructure of the meeting of the Advisory Committee was held eight Technical Committee.
