STUDY ON 'THE COORDINATION OF COMPLEXITY IN SOUTH ASIA,' UNDERTAKEN FOR THE COMMISSION ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE CONDUCT OF FOREIGN POLICY

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• Publication Date: July 18, 1974
• Content Type: MEMO

DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE
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? WASIIfNGTON.
July 18, 1974
MEMORANDUM
To:
NEA
INR
S/P
S/S
- Mr.
- Mr.
--. Mr.
- Mr.
Atherton
Hyland
Lord
Springsteen
Subject: Study on "The Coordination of Complexity in
South Asia," undertaken for the Commission
on the organization of the Government for
the Conduct of Foreign Policy
Introduction and General Description
The Commission on the organization of the Government
for the Conduct of Foreign Policy has contracted with
Professors Lloyd I. and Susanne Hoebc: ;;;.oj h of the
University of Chicago, to lead a major study on the con-
duct of U.S. policy towara the Indian subcontinent from
1965 to the present. The emphasis will be on the capacity
of the U.S. to maintain coordination among a large nurlber
of policies which impinge upon a single region. South
Asia has been selected both because of the rich variety
of issues which have arisen in the period under study,
and the substantial presence of a number of U.S..agencies
and activities there. The goal of thb study is to pro-
duce answers to the question, "How adequate are current
U.S. governmental organizational forms to insure adequate
coordination in complex settings, i.e., in those in which
many activities of high importance are conducted simul-
taneously?" Ultimately, the results of this research
project will be used, along with those of a number of
other studies, to provide background for the Commission's
recommendations.
Timing and Format
The topic will be pursued through a number of indi-
vidual case studies conducted by associates of the Rudolphs
(see attached list for names and topics), and many officers
State Dept. review completed
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in the Department who have responsibilities which include
South Asia will be contacted by one or more of these re-
searchers between now and the end of September.
The Office of Security has granted name check clear-
ances to these researchers on a "need to know" basis for
access to classified material and information up through
the category of SECRET. These clearances have been given
on the explicit understanding between the Commission and
the Department that the use of such information will not
include the citation of materials or individuals. The
researchers understand that they are to read classified
materials in the Department and not ask to take them
away.
Professor Glynn Wood of the Graduate School of Public
Administration, American University, telephone [phone],
will be acting as local coordinator for the project, and
will make every effort to-provide necessary additional
information and to reduce the inconvenience to those indi-
viduals the researchers desire to interview.
The Commission's project officer for this study is
Dr. William I. Bacchus, Associate Research Directorf tele-
phone [phone].
William J. Galloway
Executive Assistant
Attachment:
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pics and Persons
Diplomatic and Strategic
Philip Oldenburg, Assistant Professor of Political
Science, University of Illinois (Urbana), "The
Break-Up of Pakistan and Recognition of Bangladesh."
Roger Sack, Ph.D. student, Department of Political
Science, University of Chicago, "U.S. Military
Assistance and the Ayub Regime."
Gerald Heeger, Assistant Professor of Political
Science, University of Virginia, "U.S. Policy
Toward the Bhutto Regime."
Stephen P. Cohen, Associate Professor of Political
Science,. University of Illinois (Urbana), "Strategic
and Military Dimensions of U.S. Relations with Asia."
Economic
Ha.rinder Shourie, M. A. student, Co.-ntmiti -ee an. Interna-
tional Relations, University of Chicago, "The Unit--:a
States, the World Bank and South Asia."
Anthony Moulton, Ph.D. student, Department of Political
Science, University of Chicago, "The United States,
IDA and South Asia."
Susan G. Hadden, Assistant Professor of Political Science,
Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, "Assessment
of a Bi-Lateral Economic Policy; AID's Program in Sup-
port of the Rural Electrification Corporation."
Stanley Kochanek, Professor of Political Science, Penn-
sylvania State University, "U.S. Commercial Policy
Toward SoUth Asia."
James Bjorkman, Research Staff Scientist, Health Policy
Project and Ph.D. student, Department of Political
Science, Yale University, "PL 480 Program AID in U.S.-
South Asian Relations."
Cultural and Humanitarian
Charles Lenth, Ph.D. student, Department of Political
Science, University of Chicago, "The Peace Corps in
U.S.-South Asian Relations."
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