MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RELATIVE TO NATIONAL SECURITY

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 2009
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• Publication Date: January 14, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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January 14, 1983
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
ADMINISTRATOR, AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
SUBJECT: Management of Public Diplomacy
Relative to National Security (C)
The President has approved the attached National Security
Decision Directive on Management of Public Diplomacy Relative
to National Security.. (S)
Attachment: NSDD-77
William P. Clark
cc: The Attorney General
The Secretary of Labor
Counsellor to the President
The Director, Office of Management
and Budget
United States Representative to the
United Nations
Chief of Staff to the President
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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NATIONAL SECURITY DECISION
DIRECTIVE NUMBER 77
MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
RELATIVE TO NATIONAL SECURITY (C)
I have determined that it is necessary to strengthen the
organization, planning and coordination of the various
aspects of public diplomacy of the United States Government
relative to national security. Public diplomacy is comprised
of those actions of the U.S. Government designed to generate
support for our national security objectives. (S)
Membership shall consist of the Secretary of State, Secretary
of Defense, the Director of the United States Information
Agency, the Director of the Agency of International Development,
and the Assistant to the President for Communications or their
designated alternate. Other senior White House officials will
attend as appropriate. Senior representatives of other
agencies may attend at the invitation of the chairman. (S)
The SPG shall be responsible for the overall planning, direc-
tion, coordination and monitoring of implementation of public
diplomacy activities. It shall ensure that a wide-ranging
program of effective initiatives is developed and implemented
to support national security policy, objectives and decisions.
Public diplomacy activities involving the President or the
White House will continue to be coordinated with the Office of
the White House Chief of Staff. (S)
Four interagency standing committees will be established, and
report regularly to the SPG. The SPG will ensure that guidance
to these committees is provided, as required, so that they can
carry out their responsibilities in the area of public diplomacy.*
The SPG will further periodically review the activities of the
four permanent coordinating committees to insure that plans are
being implemented and that resource commitments are commensurate
with established priorities. (S)
The NSC Staff, in consultation with the regular members of the
SPG, will provide staff support to the SPG and facilitate effec-
tive planning, coordinating and implementing of plans and programs
approved by the SPG. The NSC Staff.will call periodic meetings
of the four committee chairmen or their designees to ensure
inter-committee coordination. (S)
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-- Public Affairs Committee: This coordinating committee
will be co-chaired by the Assistant to the President for Communi-
cations and the Deputy Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs. This group will be responsible for the planning
and coordinating on a regular basis of U.S. Government public
affairs activities relative to national security. Specifically,
it will be responsible for the planning and coordination of major
speeches on national security subjects and other public. appear-
ances by senior officials, and for planning and coordination with
respect to public affairs matters concerning national security and
foreign policy events and issues with foreign and domestic dimen-
sions. This committee will coordinate public affairs efforts to
"explain and support major U.S. foreign policy initiatives. (C)
-- International Information Committee: This committee
will be chaired by a senior representative of the United States
Information Agency. A senior representative !of the Department
of State shall serve as vice chairman of the committee. The
body will be responsible for planning, coordinating and imple-
menting international information activities in support of U.S.
policies and interests relative to national security. It will
assume the responsibilities of the existing "Project Truth"
Policy Group. The committee shall be empowered to make recom-
mendations and, as appropriate, to direct the concerned agencies,
interagency groups and working groups with respect to informa-
tion strategies in key policy areas, and it will be responsible
for coordinating and monitoring implementation of strategies
on specific functional or geographic areas. (S)
-- International Political Committee: This committee
will be established under the chairmanship of a senior repre-
sentative of the Department of State. A senior representative
of the United States Information Agency shall serve as vice
chairman of the committee. This group will be responsible
for planning, coordinating and implementing international
political activities in support of United States policies and
interests relative to national security. Included among such
activities are aid, training and organizational support for
foreign governments and-private groups to encourage the growth
of democratic political institutions and practices. This will
require close collaboration with other foreign policy efforts--
diplomatic, economic, military--as well as a close relationship
with those sectors of the American society--labor, business,
universities, philanthropy, political parties, press--that
are or could be more engaged in parallel efforts overseas.
This group will undertake to build up the U.S. Government
capability to promote democracy, as enunciated in the President's
speech in London on June 8, 1982. Furthermore, this committee
will initiate plans, programs and strategies designed to counter
totalitarian ideologies and aggressive political action moves
undertaken by the Soviet Union or Soviet surrogates. This
committee shall be empowered to make recommendations and, as
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appropriate, to direct the concerned departments and agencies
to implement political action strategies in support of key
policy objectives. Attention will be directed to generate
policy initiatives keyed to coming events. Close coordination
with the other committees will be essential. (S)
-T International Broadcasting Committee: This committee
will be'chaired by a representative of the Assistant to the
President for National Security Affairs. This committee
will be responsible for the planning and coordination of
international broadcasting activities sponsored by the U.S.
Government consistent with existing statutory requirements
and the guidance established by NSDD 45. Among its principal
responsibilities will be diplomatic and technical planning
relative to modernization of U.S. international broadcasting
capabilities, the development of anti-jamming strategies and
techniques, planning relative to direct radio broadcast by
satellite and longer term considerations of the potential
for direct T.V. broadcasting. (S)
Each designated committee is authorized to establish, as
appropriate, working groups or ad hoc task forces to deal
with specific issues or programs. (C)
All agencies should ensure that the necessary resources are
made available for the effective operation of the interagency
groups here established. (C)
Implementing procedures for these measures will be developed
as necessary. (C) _
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