在阿什哈巴德舉行了土庫曼及烏茲別克蘇維埃社會主義共和國科學院、鹹海—裏海綜合性考察團及蘇聯科學院關於土庫曼大運河問題的固定學者工作組的聯席會議。會議上討論了土庫曼大運河區科學研究工作的目前情况和前途。由七十多個科學研究及設計機構、政府部門、高等學校、運河區考察團及其他組織所派來的代表,參加了會議的工作。出席會議的總人數在四百人以上。 A joint meeting of the Turkmenistan and Uzbek Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Socialist Republic, the Aral Sea-Caspian comprehensive delegation and the Soviet Academy of Sciences fixed-term scholars’ working group on the Turkmen Grand Canal was held in Ashgabat. The meeting discussed the current situation and future of scientific research in the Turkmen Canal area. More than 70 scientific research and design institutes, government departments, colleges and universities, the Canal Area delegation and other representatives from other organizations attended the meeting. The total number of people attending the meeting was over 400.