COUNTRY PROGRAMMING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-14-3-2-0
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 10, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
June 10, 1971
CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR
SUBJECT:
Country Programming
The President's decision in the attached NSDM to implement a
country programming process on selected countries reflects his
continued concern that our policies and programs for key countries
be designed and coordinated to fulfill the foreign policy goals of his
Administration. As you will note, for most of the countries selected,
the successful implementation of tie Nixon Doctrine is especially
important.
With regard to security assistance his decision constitutes an
elaboration of responsibility and not a change in that policy.
The purpose of the interagency Country Programming Memoranda
(CPMs) is not to deal with the details of the various programs but to
identify the few key policy and program issues and to analyze the
effects of alternative ways of resolving these issues. To insure that
trade-offs among major program areas are considered, each CPM
should provide a comprehensive appreciation of our overall program
effort.
CONFIDENTIAL
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY.
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The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of Agriculture
The Director, Central Intelligence Agency
The Director, Office of Management and Budget
The Administrator, Agency for International
Development
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Assistant to the President for International
Economic Affairs
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The following is a tentative schedule of due dates for the CPMs:
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Thailand
India
Jordan
Korea
Indonesia
Cambodia
South Vietnam
September 1
September 15
October 1
October 15
October 15
November 1
November 1
The Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary of Defense,
should select a single individual as chairman of each of the CPM inter-
agency committees dealing with a specific country. Where indicated by
the importance of Defense programs in the country, the nature of issues
involved, and the availability of personnel, the chairman should be from
the Department of Defense.
The CPM,Working Group will provide overall direction to assure that
key policy issues are identified and that the effects of policy programming
alternatives receive sufficient analysis. Primary responsibility for
preparing each CPM rests with the committee chairman of each country
and those assigned by each agency to assist him. The chairman of the
CPM Working Group will consult with the committee chairmen to assure
a similarity in analytical approach and in presentation. The CPM Work-
ing Group will develop guidance for the handling in the CPMs of issues
requiring analysis of programs in more than one country.
The CPM committees should meet as soon as possible to initiate the
FY 73 CPMs.
CONFIDENTIAL
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