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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON
,D
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BENTIAL-GDS A
pril
2
4.
1974
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ity
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etary
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mplicatio
ns
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Wor
ld
w
id
e
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pu
lation
Grow
thforU.S. Se
cu
rit
ya
nd
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e
rse
asInterests T
he
Presi
d
en
t h
asdi
rected a study of
th
e
imp
actof
wor
ld
popu
lationgr
ow
th
onU.S.secur
ity
a
nd
over
se
as
intere
st
s.
Thest
ud
yshouldlookforward atlea
st
untilthe
year
2000.
an
duse
several
a
lt
e
rn
at
ive
reasona
bl
epr
o-
jec
ti
ons
of
po
pu
l
at
iong
ro
wth .Interms of
each
p
ro
je
ctio
n,
th
est
ud
ysh
oul
dass
ess:
the
corre
s
pond
ingpace
of
d
ev
e
lo
pmen
t,
esp
ecia
lly
inpoorer
count
ries;
the
dem
an
d forUS
exp
ort
s,
especia
ll
y offo
od,and
the
tradepro
blems theUSm
ay
face
ar
i
si
ng from
com
pe
t
itio
n forre
sou
rc
es;
andthe
li
ke
lih
ood
tha
t po
pul
ationgrowth
or
im
balances w
ill
prod
uce
d
isrup
tive
fo
re
i
gn
po
licie
sandinter
na
ti
on
alinstabi
li
ty.
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e
stud
yshouldfocusonthe
in
ternational
po
li
tic
al
and
econo
m
ic
im
pli
c
a-
tions
of
po
pu
lation
gro
w
th
ra
t
her
than
it
secol
og
ic
a
l,
so
ciol
og
ica
l
or
oth
er
aspects
.T
he
st
udy sho
ul
d
then
offer possible c
ourses
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actionfort
he
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ed
States
in
deali
ngw
it
h
popu
lat
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tt
ers a
br
oa
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pa
rticula
rl
y
in
de
v
el
oping
countries
,
wit
h
sp
e
cial
a
tt
entionto theseques
ti
ons:
What,
if
a
ny,
ne
w
init
ia
ti
ves
bytheU
nit
edSta
te
s a
re
neededto
focus
in
terna
ti
ona
l
at
t
en
tion
on
the
pop
ulati
onprob
lem
?Can
te
ch
no
log
ic
alinnova
tion
sordev
el
opmentred
uc
e
growt
h
or
ame
li
or ateits e
ff
ects?
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