COORDINATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RESEARCH SPONSORED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 17, 2005
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• Publication Date: February 9, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

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February 9, 1971
-National. Security Decision Memorandum 98
TO: The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
The Director, Office of Management and Budget
The Director, United States Information Agency
The Director of Central Intelligence
The Director, Arms Control & Disarmament Agency
SUBJECT: Coordination of Foreign Affairs Research Sponsored by
the Federal Government
The President has reviewed the report of the Ad Hoc Committee set up
under the authority of the memorandum of May 28, 1969, to review
present procedures for coordinating foreign affairs research sponsored
by the Federal Government. He considers that the report underscores
the necessity for closer coordination of foreign affairs research to
avoid duplication of effort and to enhance the quality and utility of the
research product.
The President has directed that the Under Secretaries Committee assume
the responsibility for assuring interagency coordination of the external
foreign affairs research sponsored by the departments and agencies in
receipt of this Memorandum. In this connection, the Under Secretaries
'Committee is charged with coordinating the preparation of'an annual
Foreign affairs consolidated research plan to be submitted for approval
by the President. This plan should state group-wide and individual
Agency research goals and priorities, present a multi-year plan for
regional and functional areas indicating agency responsibilities, and
suggest joint funding of particular activities. It should be designed to
avoid duplication and assure maximum interagency utility of the end
-product in terms of both content and availability. The Under Secretaries
Committee also should make recommendations on related matters,
including the state of in-house research programs and capabilities.
Trine Chairman o,: the Under Secretaries Committee may establish an
i i:t.c:ragcncy subcommittee or working group, including representatives
of the addressees of this memorandum as appropriate, to assist the
Under Secretaries Committee in the discharge of this responsibility.
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`Those parts of the terms of reference proposed by the Ad Hoc Com-
mittec dealing with the purpose, scope, membership, and functions
of a coordinating body should be drawn upon by the Under Secretaries
Committee as appropriate in carrying out its responsibilities.
Henry A. Kissinger rr'~1
cc: The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of Commerce
The Secretary of Labor
The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
The Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Director, National Science Foundation
The Administrator, Agency for International
Development
The Director, Office of Science & Technology
The. Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
'he Director, National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
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PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVES
#1.
20 Jan 77
Establishment of Presidential Review and Directive Series/NSC
#2.
20 Jan 77
The National Security Council System
#3.
11 Feb 77
Disposition of National Security Decision Memoranda
#4.
8 Mar 77
The Law of the Sea Policy Review (PRM/NSC-18)
#5.
9 Mar 77
Southern Africa
#6.
15 Mar 77
Cuba
#7.
#8.
24 Mar 77
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy
#9.
22 Apr 77
Presidential Decision on Proliferation
#10.
20 Apr 77
Instructions for the Tenth Session of the Standing Consultative
Commission
#11.
5 May 77
Micronesian Status Negotiations
#12.
5 May 77
US Policy in Korea
#13.
13 May 77
Conventional Arms Transfer Policy
#14.
#15.
16 Jun 77
Chemical Warfare
#16.
16 Jun 77
Law of the Sea Guidance
#17
4 Aug 77
Reorganization of the Intelligence Community
#18
24 Aug 77
U.S. National Strategy
#21 13 Sep 77
Policy toward Eastern Europe
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20506 I
CONFIDENTIAL Attachment
TO: The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
April 27, 1977
ALSO: 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 Director, Office of Management and Budget
The Administrator, Federal Energy Administration
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 Adn-.inistrator, Energy Research and
Development Administration
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
CONFIDENTIAL Attachment
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