Commodity Policy; North-South Relations
302. Letter From the Deputy Secretary of State (Robinson) to the President’s Assistant for Economic Affairs (Seidman)
Source: Ford Library, L. William Seidman Papers, Box 73, Economic Policy Board Subject File, International Resource Bank. Confidential.
303. Memorandum From Gerald Kames of the Council on International Economic Policy Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for Economic Affairs (Gorog)
Source: Ford Library, L. William Seidman Papers, Box 184, Name Files, Gorog, William, F., 5/1–16/76. Confidential. Copies were sent to several CIEP staff members. William Gorog served as the President’s Deputy Assistant for Economic Affairs from March to November 1976.
304. Memorandum From the Deputy Secretary of State (Robinson) to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 431, Subject File, United Nations, Conference on Trade and Development IV, Nairobi, Kenya, May–June 1976. Confidential.
305. Report Prepared by the Commodity Policy Coordinating Committee
Source: Ford Library, U.S. Council of Economic Advisers Records, Alan Greenspan Files, Box 39, Subject File, Economic Summit (Puerto Rico) June 1976 (4). No classification marking. Attached to a June 11 memorandum from Parsky to the EPB that reads: “The attached paper reports the consensus of the Commodity Policy Coordinating Committee’s discussion at its meeting on June 8, about the appropriate U.S. response to the commodities work program that was agreed at Nairobi. The CPCC agreed on the approach that should be taken to the International Resources Bank, and on the appropriate approach to the commodity-by-commodity discussions. It also agreed that there are essentially three options for the U.S. approach to the preparatory negotiations on common funding.”
306. Briefing Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (Greenwald) to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Entry 5403, Box 15, Misc. Docs, Tels, Etc., 1975, Folder 3. Confidential. Drafted by Ruth Gold of the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and Wendell Woodbury of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs; cleared by Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Samuel Lewis. An unknown hand initialed the memorandum on Greenwald’s behalf.
307. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs (Parsky) to the President’s Assistant for Economic Affairs (Seidman)
Source: Ford Library, L. William Seidman Papers, Box 50, Economic Policy Board Subject File, Commodities—United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). No classification marking. Seidman initialed the memorandum.
308. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Rogers) to the President’s Assistant for Economic Affairs (Seidman)
Source: Ford Library, L. William Seidman Papers, Economic Policy Board Subject File, Box 50, Commodities—United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). No classification marking.
309. Memorandum From the Deputy Secretary of State (Robinson) to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 336, Department of State, Economic Affairs, Oct.–Dec. 1976. Confidential. Attached to a December 23 memorandum from Robinson to Kissinger that reads: “In response to your request, I have set out below the economic and energy initiatives you have undertaken since becoming Secretary of State.” A detailed list of these initiatives is attached but not printed.
310. Briefing Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Lord) to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 336, Department of State, Economic Affairs, Oct.–Dec. 1976. Confidential; Stadis. Drafted on December 13 by Policy Planning Staff member Sandra Vogelgesang. Lord sent this memorandum to Kissinger under a covering memorandum of December 15 that summarizes it. Kissinger wrote on the covering memorandum: “Put into personal folder also.”