ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE ON POPULATION AND MANPOWER

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• Publication Date: March 22, 1966
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EIC/P SC M-33
22 March 1966
CIA Control No. 3892
ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON POPULATION AND MANPOWER
Minutes of Meeting Held in Room 4F31 CIA Headquarters Building,
16 March 19
PRESENT:
25X1A9a Mrs, CIA, Chairman
Mr. Ivan V. Matusek, Department of State
Mr. Paul F. 1 ers, Department of Commerce
Mr. William C. Shelton, Department of Labor
25X1A9a Mr- CIA, Executive Secretary
REMARKS BY THE CHAIRMAN:
25X1 A9a spoke briefly on the history of the Subcommittee's
activities, noting that the nature of the intelligence problems in
the fields of population and manpower bas changed significantly since
the Subcommittee was created, and that except for annual meetings the
Subcommittee has been inactive for a number of years. Pursuant to
a general review of its subcommittee structure, the EIC has requested
the Subcommittee on Population and Manpower to consider formally the
desirability of its continuation. Related to this question is the
matter of continuing the Subcommittee's annual publication, Population
of the Communist Countries, Selected Years, 1938-x. In connection
with this, CIA's Deputy Director for Intelligence, as part of a general
review of publications of the Directorate, has requested the BIC to
consider turning over to the Bureau of the Census the task of
publishing the population estimates. The Chairman then set forth
several alternative proposals for disposing of the Subcommittee's
affairs, including disposition of its annual publication.
Discussion
Mr. Matusek stated that State did not object to the abolition of
the Subcommittee provided that a satisfactory way could be found to
continue issuance of the Agreed Basic Statistics on population of
Communist countries. He expressed the strong conviction that the
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Subcommittee's agreement to the population estimates and projections,
especially those for the Asian Communist countries, has encouraged
the use of a'aingle set of data in public statements by officials
of the various Government agencies.
The Department of Commerce representative raised no objection
to disbanding the Subcommittee and addressed his remarks primarily
to the question of how to continue publication of the Agreed Basic
Statistics. He stated that the Bureau of the Census would not be
willing to publish these statistics in the present form under its
imprimatur. He suggested as an alternative, however, that a
footnote be added to the so-called Population Wall Chart now
disseminated annually by CIA to the effect that the estimates and
projections had been agreed to by interested agencies of the
Government. With this modification, the Wall Chart could serve
the same purposes as the Subcommittee's annual publication.
The Department of Labor representative also raised no objection
to abolition of the Subcommittee, but suggested that, should the
Subcommittee's affairs be turned over to the EIC Subcommittee on
General Economic Analysis, present members of the Subcommittee on
Population and Manpower be invited to participate in any discussions
of population and manpower matters. He asked also that he be placed
on the distribution list for all CIA publications relating to
manpower problems, and was assured by the Chairman that such action
would be taken.
DISPOSITION:
The members of the Subcommittee agreed unanimously* to the
following proposals, which are to be presented by the Chairman
to the EIC for action:
1. That the Subcommittee be abolished.
2. That any ad hoc matters that may come up in the field of
population and manpower be referred to the Subcommittee on General
Economic Analysis. Representatives of the Departments of Commerce
and. Labor should be invited to participate in any such discussions
by this Subcommittee.
* Mr. Donald E. V. Henderson, the Department of Defence representative
on the Subcommittee, was unable to attend the meeting. He informed
the Executive Secretary that he would concur in the decisions of the
other members of the Subcommittee.
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3. That the Subcommittee's annual publication be discontinued.
In its stead, the Bureau of the Census is to prepare a Population Wall
Chart annually and submit it informally for review by interested
Government agencies. CIA will continue to publish and disseminate
the Chart. The following note is to be added to the Chart:
"These figures have been agreed to by
interested agencies of the Government as
representing accurate estimates for past
dates and reasonable projections for future
dates. They have been constructed by the
Bureau of the Census, U.B. Department of
Commerce, and any questions as to sources
and methods used should be directed to the
Chief, Foreign Demographic Analysis Division,
who can be reached on Government code 157,
extension 7265."
25X1A9a
Executive Secretary
Subcommittee on Population and Manpower
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