180. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the Chairman of the NSC Under Secretaries Committee (Irwin)1
SUBJECT
- Foreign Student Programs in the U.S.
The President has noted with interest the Inter-Agency Youth Committee study on Foreign Students in the U.S. and the Under Secretaries Committee memorandum of October 13, 1972,2 reviewing the IAYC report and describing actions undertaken by the USC.
The President noted with approval the statement of objectives and the organizational changes described in the USC memorandum of October 13.
It is recommended that two other objectives be added to those included in the USC memorandum of October 13:
—Resolution of the problem of non-return by foreign students to their home countries should be given increased attention.
—Foreign students should be provided language training and orientation on the American university system (not necessarily under U.S. Government auspices) sufficient to enhance the likelihood that they will benefit fully from study in the U.S.
The new Interagency Subcommittee on International Exchanges, mandated by NSDM 143, should be formed as promptly as possible in order to undertake its review of the distribution of Government resources devoted to foreign students in the U.S.
- Source: National Archives, RG 306, Office of the Director, Office of Public Information, Records Relating to a Study of International Exchange Programs, 1970–1975, Entry A1–37, Box 1, 143—Youth Project. Secret.↩
- See Document 176.↩