THIS REPORT, PREPARED FOR THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION BY CARLETON OPINION RESEARCH SERVICES, IS A CONDENSATION OF A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY IN THE PILOT REGION OF THE BAEQ (BUREAU D'AMENAGEMENT DE L'EST DU QUEBEC). MEETINGS WERE HELD IN 1964 IN THE DIOCESES OF RIMOUSKI AND GASPE TO HELP INDUCE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGYMEN TO PARTICIPATE MORE ACTIVELY IN THE BAEQ PLAN, AND AT THE MOST APPROPRIATE LEVEL. BISHOPS AND THEIR COLLEAGUES WERE QUERIED AS TO THE ACTIVITIES OF PARISH PRIESTS, LIVING STANDARDS IN EACH DIOCESE, CAUSES AND REMEDIES FOR LOCAL SOCIOECONOMIC PROBLEMS, AND INFORMATION SOURCES AND PERSONAL REACTIONS RELATING TO THE WORK OF THE BAEQ. REGULAR AND SECULAR WERE QUESTIONED ON THESE TOPICS AS WELL AS ON THEIR PERSONAL BACKGROUNDS, OPINIONS ON PROTESTANT-ROMAN CATHOLIC RELATIONS, AND SELF PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR ROLE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF BAEQ OPERATIONS. ALTHOUGH THE RESPONDENTS WERE HANDICAPPED BY A LACK OF PRECISE KNOWLEDGE ON THE BAEQ AND SEEMED SKEPTICAL AND NEGATIVE AT FIRST AS TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF LOCAL SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY CHANGE, ALMOST ALL ACKNOWLEDGED ITS VALUE AND WERE READY TO COOPERATE IN ITS WORK. THIS DOCUMENT, NO. FO 47-1214, IS AVAILABLE FROM THE QUEEN'S PRINTER, OTTAWA, ONTARIO. 16 PAGES. (LY)