ANNUAL REVIEW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-17-6-3-3
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 21, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 25, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM
October 25, 1971,
MEMORANDUM FOR: JOHN H. HOLDRIDGE
ROBERT D. HORMATS
RICHARD T. KENNEDY
ARNOLD NACHMANOFF
K. WAYNE SMITH
HELMUT SONNENFELDT
HAROLD H. SAUNDERS
JOHN B. WALSH
W. MARSHALL WRIGHT
SUBJECT:
Agency submissions for the 1972 Annual Review of Foreign Policy are
due by November 1. A copy of the memorandum requesting these sub-
missions is attached. Submissions pertaining to your areas of interest
will be provided to you as soon as they are received.
Dr. Kissinger has asked that each of you prepare drafts of relevant
sections for inclusion in the review. The drafts should take into
account the guidelines for policy and issues for the future as they
were outlined in the 1970 and 1971 reports, and there should be a
summing up of accomplishments -- steps that have been taken toward
the objectives which those reports outlined. In the context of the
previous reports, the draft should not be merely a recitation of
specific events and accomplishments of 1971, but also should include
treatment designed to show the fundamental thrust of our policy.
Where appropriate, basic changes which have occurred or which may
be expected to occur in the international order as a result of our
policies should be discussed.
Drafts should be submitted to Dr. Kissinger by November 10, 1971.
1'F
w~. M. Haim
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National Security Study Memorandum 137
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON, O.C. 20506
September 22, 1971
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: The President's Annual Review of American
Foreign Policy
in NSSM 80, October 27, 1969, the President directed that an unclassified
Annual Review of American Foreign Policy be prepared and presented
publicly at the beginning of each year. This Review was to describe the
international. situation and the Administration's approach to major foreign
policy issues.
The 1972 Review will refer to the broad guidelines of Administration
p.$..cy rresented in the 1970 and 1971 J .evicwb, uu N~ ~F?AN- r _ -~ w?_
should be placed on the issues for the future outlined in the 1970 and
1971 Reviews and on the concrete achievements of Administration policy.
To assist in preparation of this year's review, each addressee is requested
to submit comments on (a) major trends, events, and issues of 1971; and
(b) the Administration's approach in dealing with these developments. You
\? should use as a basic point of departure the 1970 and 1971 Reviews and sub-
sequent Administration statements and decisions during 1971.
A list of topics which should be covered is attached, but other subjects
considered to be of particular significance may also be included.
Inputs should be submitted to the Assistant to the President f9r National
Security Affairs by November 1, 1971.
It is expected that the Secretaries of State and Defense will "issue their
Annual Reviews shortly after the President's Report has been released.
Henry A. Kissinger
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cc: Assistant to the President for
International EconomicAffairs
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TOPICS FOR ANNUAL REVIEW
1. Soviet-American Relations
2. Strategic Policy and Forces
3. General Purpose Forces
'4. Bases
5. Arms Control
6. East Asia and the Pacific
7. South Asia
8. Vietnam
9. NATO Europe
10. Western Europe outside NATO
E:- a -- "Europe
12. Middle East
13. Latin America
14. Africa South of the Sahara
15. Africa North of the Sahara
16. ' Foreign Economic and Military Aid
17. International Monetary Policy
18. International Trade Policy
19. United Nations
20. Law of the Sea
21. New Tasks for Diplomacy (e. g., Hijacking, Narcotics, Pollution,
Space)
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MEMORANDUM
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SECRET.
MEMORANDUM FOR: GENERAL HAIG
FROM: RICHARD T. KENNEDY
SUBJECT: Annual Review
ACTION
October ZZ, 1971
As we discussed, attached is a brief memorandum requesting staff
preparation of draft sections of the 1972 Annual Review. This will
confirm your earlier informal comment on this subject at the staff
meeting.
RECOMMENDATION: That you sign the attached memorandum at
Tab A.
Attachment
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