Report of Hon. Lester L. Wolff, Chairman, Subcommittee on Future Hon. Paul Simon, Committee on Education and Labor.......... 2. Briefing by Admiral Noel Gayler, Commander in Chief of the Pacific on 3. Inspection of Vietnamese refugee camps on Guam, August 4, 1975. 4. Material relating to study mission from Government of the Philippines: A. Letter of transmittal from Philippine Ambassador Eduardo Z. C. Aide Memoire outlining discussions following Presidential 5. Comments by Hon. William H. Sullivan, U.S. Ambassador to the Philip- 6. Reporting and analysis of study mission by foreign news services: Bulletin Today, Manila, Philippines, August 6, 1975 "Normalization The Indonesia Times, August 7, 1975, "U.S. Congressmen's Visit". 6. Reporting and analysis of study mission by foreign news services-Cont. The Indonesia Times, August 12, 1975, “Relations Among Nations”The Korea Times, August 10, 1975, "U.S. Solons, Chung Swap Views on Security”. Page 70 71 The Korea Herald, August 10, 1975, "U.S. Solons Concerned Over 72 The Japan Times, August 14, 1975, "Premier Meets Delegation From 22 72 The Daily Yomiuri, August 14, 1975, "U.S. House Body To Study Pacific Stars and Stripes, August 15, 1975, “Miki: End Havens for Nihon Keizai Shimbun, August 14, 1975, "U.S. Eyeing Korean Situa- MITTEE ON FUTURE FOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTRODUCTION-PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND The Subcommittee on Future Foreign Policy Research and Development is charged with the responsibility of identifying and assessing conditions and trends that might require action to meet future problems relating to foreign policy. To meet this responsibility, the committee held hearings to outline the critical issues and areas of the future. Through these explorations of the future issues, we will be better able to assess our political, economic and military obligations. During the month of July, as the first step in this direction, the subcommittee heard testimony from seven former administration specialists who played major roles in making and executing U.S. foreign policy since World War II: Hon. W. Averell Harriman, Prof. Hans Morgenthau, Hon. Dean Rusk, Gen. Maxwell Taylor, Hon. William D. Bundy, Hon. George W. Ball, and Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge. As a followup to their discussions, the subcommittee determined that an on-site first-hand study mission to the Far East would help fulfill our committee obligations in an area where U.S. foreign policy has begun to make dramatic changes. This mission to study the changing American posture in Asia, was to collect current feelings and impressions on a broad range of topics covering bilateral and multilateral relationships with the United States and the Philippines, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan considered to be keystones of American Asian policy. To further augment the expertise of the subcommittee and the mission, several members of other major committees of the House were invited along. Included were members of the Ways and Means, Appropriations, Judiciary, Agriculture, Public Works and Education, and Labor Committees. In addition to the broad committee representation, the mission included several members of the freshman class of Congress to provide a broad spectrum of representation as an indication to Asian leaders of how seriously we view the problems of the world with special emphasis on Asia, To make the most of available time and experience, the mission divided into four working task forces to concentrate on specific issues. In this manner we were able to maximize the time available and meet with a greater number of officials and in-country experts. The task forces concentrated on four major areas, political, defense, economics and agriculture. This division enabled those members with special interest or expertise to concentrate their time with those officials dealing most directly within that area and fully to come together for a composite overview. |