Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume IX, Foreign Economic Policy

Editors:

Evans Gerakas

David S. Patterson

William F. Sanford, Jr.

Carolyn B. Yee

General Editor:

Glenn W. LaFantasie

United States Government Printing Office
Washington
1995

Office of the Historian
Bureau of Public Affairs

Table of Contents

• Preface
• List of Sources
• List of Abbreviations
• List of Persons
• Foreign Economic Policy
• General Foreign Economic Policy (Documents 1-39)
• Financial and Monetary Policy (Documents 40-83)
• Foreign Assistance Policy (Documents 84-177)
• International Investment and Development Policy (Documents 178-207)
• Trade and Commercial Policy (Documents 208-295)
• Economic Defense Policy (Documents 296-334)
• Strategic Materials and Commodities Policy (Documents 335-365)
• Index

Overview

In general, the editors of this volume, the research and editing of which was completed in 1992, have defined a "major issue" as a foreign economic policy or problem that received high-level attention within the U.S. Government, from the President, key White House aides, or Cabinet-level officials; and/or had long-range repercussions for U.S. foreign policy and interests. While it was impossible to include the details of U.S. policy on every foreign economic issue, documentation has been included, either in the print volume or the microfiche supplement, that delineates basic U.S. policies toward the subjects in question.

The major topics and issues the editors sought to cover in volume IX are 1) Policies to reverse the deteriorating U.S. balance of payments.

2) Burdensharing negotiations to permit reductions in U.S. expenditures abroad.

3) Multilateral trade negotiations aimed at increasing U.S. exports abroad.

4) New foreign assistance policy aimed at moving the developing nations into self-sustained economic growth.

5) Promotion of U.S. economic and military assistance and development goals in multilateral forums.

6) Debate over liberalization of U.S. trade control criteria vis-a-vis the Sino-Soviet bloc.

7) Disposal of the surplus of the U.S. stockpile of strategic materials.