COORDINATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RESEARCH SPONSORED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2005
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 20, 1977
• Content Type: MF

SEP201977
MEMORANDUM FOR: SEE LIST OF ADDRESSEES
SUBJECT: Coordination of Foreign Affairs Research
Sponsored by the Federal Government
REFERENCE: Enclosed NSC Memorandum of April 27, 1977
Secretary Vance has asked me to represent him in dis-
charging his responsibility for the coordination of foreign
affairs external research sponsored by the Federal Government
(see Tab A). The purpose of this memorandum is simply to ask
you to designate a representative to work with me and other
agency representatives in this Government-wide endeavor. I
would appreciate your passing on the more detailed material
which is attached to your designee as background for a meet-
ing we will call later in the fall.
Because of previous interagency efforts, the essential
instruments of coordination are already in place in my Bureau's
Office of External Research (XR). With the active cooperation
of numerous departments and agencies, XR provides information,
document, and publication services designed to assist research
managers and policy officers in the Executive Branch to:
(1) draw more readily upon the products and performers
associated with research supported by all agencies; (2) identify
opportunities for cooperative projects; and (3) minimize
duplication of analytical effort. (Page 3 of Tab B contains
additional information on these services.) In addition, there
is an active interagency communications network among research
managers in this field for ad hoc cooperation as needs arise.
In the new phase of interagency coordination upon which
we are entering, I believe we can most productively concentrate
on using the existing services and extending our network so
we can take common or coordinated action as needed. Some
agencies will clearly be more centrally and broadly involved
than others, but the national interest will be served more
fully if all agencies participate.
We will look to your representative for a related function
as well. As a result of a Presidential directive, since 1965
there have been agreed procedures through which the Secretary
of State seeks "to assure the propriety of Government-
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sponsored social science research in the area of foreign
policy.." These procedures and agency responsibilities under
them are summarized at Tab C. You will note that each agency
is required to designate a clearance point for the foreign
affairs research it sponsors. I would like to ask that you
locate this responsibility in the same person who will
represent you in matters of interagency coordination. This
will facilitate my task in discharging on behalf of the
Secretary of State his responsibilities for these matters.
To assist you in designating your representative' I
have included at Tab D a list of our present agency contacts.
In making a designation, I suggest you also consult the
sections on substance, approaches, and types of research at
Tab B. The critical point is that your representative be in
a position to be apprised of all foreign affairs external
research in your agency's programs and be sensitive to the
policy dimensions and implications of your sponsored research.
Although I foresee little need for frequent or even a
regular pattern of meetings, I do plan to call an initial
meeting of all agency representatives in October or November.
The purpose will be to inform them more fully of existing
services and practices and to solicit their ideas on our
future work together. It would, therefore, be helpful if
you could designate your representative on or before October 10.
This information should be addressed to:
Mrs. Barbara Morlet
Deputy Director for Research Services
Office of External Research
Room 432 SA-6
Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520
Tel: [phone]
If your office has questions arising from this memor-
andum, please call Dr. E. Raymond Platig, Director of the
Office: of External Research, at 632-1342, or Mrs. Morlet.
Harold H. Saunders
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Attachments:
Tab A - NSC Memorandum of April 27, 1977
Tab B - External Research on Foreign Affairs and
Foreign Policy
Tab C - Department of State Review of Government-Sponsored
Research on Foreign Affairs
Tab D - Agency Contacts
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TO: The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Attorney General
The Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of Commerce
The Secretary of Labor
The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
The Secretary of Transportation
The Secretary of Energy
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
The Director, Office of Management and Budget
The Administrator, Agency for International Development
The Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
The Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Director of Central Intelligence
The Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
The Administrator of General Services
The Director, United States Information Agency
The Chairman, National Science Foundation
The Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities
The Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Director, ACTION
The Secretary, The Smithsonian Institution
The President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
The Chairman, Federal Reserve System
The Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy
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MEMORANDUM FOR: SEE LIST OF ADDItESSEES
SUBJECT:
Coordination of Foreign Affairs
Research Sponsored by the
Federal Government
The responsibility for the coordination of foreign affairs external
research, formerly handled by the NSC Under Secretaries Com-
mittee, will be given to the Secretary of State. The Secretary
hr.a designated the Director of the Bureau of intelligence and
Research to represent him in discharging this continuing respon-
sibility, which includes information exchange, documentation,
publication and ether activities required to minimize duplication
of effort; joint funding; measures to assure quality, utility and
availability; and other matters requiring interagency consultation.
- NSDM 98 is hereby rescinded.
Zbigricw Brzczinski
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