157. Memorandum From the Chairman of the NSC Under Secretaries Committee (Irwin) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (Richardson)1
SUBJECT
- Implementation of NSDM 1432
The President has responded to my memorandum of August 13,3 1971 transmitting the study of international exchange prepared under your direction. The following tasks should now be undertaken to carry out the President’s decisions:
(1) Establishment of a structure and procedures for a central information system on exchanges,
(2) Recommendation to the President as to the scope and nature of the private International Exchange Council to be established to serve as a catalyst between the Government and the private sector, and
(3) Recommendations to the Under Secretaries Committee on the methods for carrying out the responsibilities for Government-wide exchange programs vested in that Committee.
I request that you undertake to make the necessary recommendations on these matters and report back to me at your earliest convenience.
- Source: National Archives, RG 306, Director’s Subject Files, 1968–1972, Entry A1–42, Box 28, 1972 OGA—State/CU (Jan–June). Confidential. Sent through Curran. An attached USIA Action Request indicates that a copy of the memorandum was sent to Towery. Attached as Tab A to Document 156.↩
- See Document 154.↩
- See Document 145.↩