ELEMENTS OF NATIONAL POWER

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03527A000300140037-8
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 37
• Content Type: REGULATION

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CSS INSTRUCTION CIRCULAR //57-9 ANNEX A.
PROJECT A
ELEMENTS OF NATIONAL POWER
1. 1+ gds To increase the understanding of U. S. Notional Power;
Economic, Psycho-social, Political and Military.
2. SCOP s Project A deals with the various components of the four
major elements, considers the more prominent aspects of each, Identifying
them and examining each in its individual characteristics and considering
the effect it has on our nation's power. 14hile the project is designed
to examine the elements separately the detail which will evolve will
reflect the close dependence of one upon the other and the intricate
relationships which result.
3. METHODOLOGY, The project consists of four lectures and is supported
by the required reading assignments indicated in paragraph 4.
4. READING AE':TIGWMENTSi
a. Presidential State of the Union Message #
b. "Foreign Tree'e and National Defense", Raymond Vernon, former
Deputy Director of the Office of Economic Defense and Trade Policy,
Department State.
c. "Truth as a weapon of the Free World", Richard L. Brecker,
Member, General Manager's Executive Staff for State Department's
International Information and Educational Exchange Program.
d. U. S. A. - Thg Permanent Revolution, The Editors of.Fortune
with Russell Davenport, Nev York, Prentice-Hall, 1951
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APPENDIX #1 - Period Synopses
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e4 U. S. Government Organisation Manual.
(1) Organisation Charts, pp 588, 589, 596-599
(2) Executive Branch, pp 57-72, 124-186
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CSS INSTRUCTION CIRCTJIAR #57-9 ANNEX A
APPENDIX #1
PERIOD CODE: CS.c? 1701 PERIOD TITLES The U. S. Economic
1:--1001 Instrument of National Power
PERIODOBJEC? iVE: To increase the understanding of how the U. S. uses
the economic instrument of power to achieve National Objectives.
RESUME OF PIRIQDs This period will show the relationship of the U. S.
GNP to the military budget, the effect of U. S. economic policies on
military strategy and other nations of the world and the influence of
the U. S. economic instrument on achievement of national objectives.
P. IOD CODE: CSC PERIOD TITLE: The U. S. Political
2:-10O10 Instrument of Rational Power
PERIOD ORTECTIVE: To increase the understanding of how the political
instrument functions and its influence on the achievement of
national objectives.
RESUME OF PERIOD: This period will show how the Political instrument
functions and its effect on our military strategy,, the political
actions of other nations and its influence on achievement of notional
objectives.
PERIOD CQDE: VS-17g3 PERIOD TITLE: The Military
1:-1001 Instrument of National Power
PERIOD OBJ.&T : To better understand the strengths and weaknesses of
the U. S. Military Instrument of National Power.
2 F _ This period explains the military factors which determine
the relative effectiveness of the various military services in carrying
out National strategy and the application of these factors to Military
strategy in specific national and international situations.
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PF1UODCQEA: CS PERIOD TITLE: The U. S. Psycho-
2s 1001G Social Instrument of National Power
PERIOD RKITIVEs To increase understanding of the Psycho-Social
instrument of power as it is used in furtherance of the National
Objectives of the United States.
&F 'ME OF P ?.IOD: This period shows the development of the Psycho-social
Instrument in the United States, the present national organization for
its employment end its relationship to the other elements of Taticnal
Power, and an analysis of psycho-social operations in foreign affairs.
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