REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO ADDRESS CLASS AT THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL ON 23 MARCH, USING ONLY UNCLASSIFIED MATERIALS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00985R000400050036-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 29, 2000
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: February 16, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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16 February 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR: Associate Director-Management
National Foreign Assessment Center
SUBJECT Request for Permission to Adams
C-Iass omas Jefferson Him
oral on 2 acing Only
I have been asked by Mrs. Ann Foster, teacher at
Thomas Jefferson,;~h School, 6560 Braddock Road, Fairfax
County, to address her senior class in international
relations, 0750-0850 hours, Thursday 23 March. My subject
would be the economy of China. I would identify myself
as a CIA employee, state that my views were not necessarily
those of CIA or the US government, and use only unclassified
materials. Of the 45-50 students expected to attend,
STATINTL about five would be foreign nationals, none from Communist
countries. was a speaker at Mrs. Foster's
class in the 1976/77 academic year. I have been identified
,.as a CIA employee on numerous recruiting trips and at
similar presentations at various educational institutions.
An outline of my proposed talk is attached.
STATINTL
International Trade and Services Division
Office of Economic Research
Attachment:
As stated above
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SUBJECT: Request to Make a Public Appearance
STATINTL
CONCUR:
STATINTL Director of Economic Research n t
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Coordinator for Academic Relations Date
STATINTL
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Director of security Date
STATINTL
Associate Director-Management,
National Foreign Assessment Center
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THE CHINESE ECONOMY
(Outline for a talk to Thomas Jefferson
High School class on 23 March)
1. The scope of economics
a. Resources: natural resources, human resources,
"capital plant"
b. Technology and Management: production possibilities
c. Priorities and Choices
d. Scarcity
2. Natural resources of China
a. Land: Arid West, Dry North, Wet South
b. Water: Great eastward flowing rivers, canals,
lakes, coastal waters
c. Minerals: oil, coal, iron, mercury, tin tungsten;.
wood products (reforestation program)
3. Human resources
a. Huge population: 950 million (almost one-fourth
of world population)
b. Han Chinese (94%) vs. minority groups
c. 85% in countryside
d. First-rate material for economic development
4. Economic system: Soviet skeleton with Chinese
flesh and blood
a. Public (state) ownership of main means of
production in non-agricultural sector; collective
ownership in agriculture; private ownership
in petty activities
b. Collective decision-making through annual and
five-year economic plans at various levels of
govdrnment; individual decision-making on
small matters
c. Command implementation of economic decisions; role
for market in foreign trade and local private activity
5. Economic results, 1949 to date
a. Basic maintenance of population
b. Build-up of industry, agriculture, technology
c. Not closing gap with modern industrial nations
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