TALKING POINTS FOR DCI MEETING WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SHULTZ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R001403390026-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 11, 2007
• Sequence Number: 26
• Content Type: REPORT

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Talking Points for DCI Meeting
with Secretary of State Shultz
Within the Office of Global Issues there is a staff of
which are global in nature. Traditionally, the Assistant
Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs has been
informed and consulted with respect to the nature and scope of
our work in these areas.
Third World Issues Branch: OGI has provided substantial
support to a number of international developments including the
Cancun Summit and the Versailles Economic Summit. In addition
OGI provides ongoing support on North-South and other LDC issues
to Ambassador Kirkpatrick and Special Negotiator for Economic
Affairs, Ambassador Charles Meissner. Recent publications
include an analysis of newly emerging LDC oil producers, and an
update on LDC borrowing activity on international financial
markets.
International Trade and Finance Branches: Efforts are
concentrated on the area of OPEC financing and the workings of
the international monetary and trade system. Specific attention
is given to OPEC current account and asset holdings, and the
investment decisionmaking of major surplus countries such as
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. An effort is now being mounted to
undertake a more sophicated analysis of LDC debt problems and
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analysis. In the trade area, emphasis has been placed on
multilateral. trade negotiations such as GATT and export credits.
Economic Analysis Branch: OGI is in the incipient stages of
developing a program to analyze basic factors of production and
macroeconomic phenomena common to the industrialized world. In
recent months papers have been done analyzing international
developments in savings and interest rates and youth
unemployment. Future work is anticipated in the area of labor
force quality and in possible investment trends.
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