Visit by Dr. Theodor Piffl-Percevic, the Austrian Minister of Education

On 7 April 1967, Dr. Theodor Piffl-Percevic, the Austrian Minister of Education, accompanied by several other senior Austrian officials including Dr. R. Martins, the Ambassador to the United Nations at Geneva, and Dr. W. Kummer and Dr. W. Thirring who have represented Austria as delegates to the CERN Council, visited CERN. They toured the site meeting many Austrian scientists working at the Laboratory. The Director General, Professor Gregory, and other senior members of the staff discussed the present research programme and the future of sub-nuclear physics in Europe, with the Austrian officials.