156. Action Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (Richardson) to the Under Secretary of State (Irwin)1
Implementation of NSDM 143 on U.S. International Exchange Programs
We now have the Presidential decisions in regard to the study of International Exchange which I prepared and you forwarded to the President on August 13, 1971.2 These decisions require the following actions:
(1) Establishment by the Department of the criteria, methods, and procedures for a central information system on exchanges covering all agencies of the Federal Government,
(2) Development of further recommendations to the President regarding the private international exchange council,
(3) Determination of the methods and procedures by which the Under Secretaries Committee can carry out the responsibilities required by the memorandum for program review and development, coordination, and long-range planning regarding the totality of United States exchange programs with other countries.
Since exchange committee deliberations touched on a number of these specific points of implementation, I suggest that I seek the view of my task force members in other agencies as appropriate and then present recommendations to you regarding those aspects of the President’s decision that need further staff work.
Recommendation:
That you sign the attached memorandum (Tab A),3 making the Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs responsible for the development of recommendations to implement NSDM 143.
- Source: National Archives, RG 306, Director’s Subject Files, 1968–1972, Entry A1–42, Box 28, 1972 OGA—State/CU (Jan–June). Confidential. Drafted by Roth on December 23; cleared by Hartman. An unknown hand initialed for Hartman. Curran initialed the first page of the memorandum, as did Irwin, Veliotes, and James Williams. An unknown hand wrote “1/10” and added a checkmark underneath it.↩
- See Document 145.↩
- Attached; printed as Document 157.↩