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May 2, 1975
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
JIM CANNON
FROM:
NORM ROSS
SUBJECT:
Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Puerto Rico
BACKGROUND
When the Puerto Rican people voted for Commonwealth
status in preference to Statehood in the plebiscite
of 1967, they also chose to "perfect" Commonwealth
through Advisory Groups, which are jointly appointed
by the President and the Governor of Puerto Rico. The
President appointed the first such Advisory Group jointly
with former Governor Luis Ferre in 1970 to inquire into
the question of the Presidential vote for Puerto Ricans.
That Group reported back favorably in 1971, but no action
has been taken, and the question is again being considered
by a second Advisory Group initiated on September 27. 1973,
This second Advisory Group has been charged to investi-
gate "the extent to which the laws and administrative
regulations of the United States should apply in Puerto
Rico. The Group has 14 members: 7 appointed by former
President Nixon and 7 by Governor Hernadez-Colon.
Marlow Cook is chairman of the United States delegation.
The other members are Senators Buckley and Bennett Johnston;
Congressmen Don Clausen and Foley; former Governor Richard
Ogilvie; and Paul Howell, a Texas oil man.
The Domestic Council was instrumental in establishing
the second Group. The Group's Charter designated 18 months
as the time needed to accomplish the objectives sat forth
in the Charter. Based on a starting date of September 27,
1973, the Advisory Group should have completed its work
on March 31, 1975. nlowever, the progress of the Group's
deliberations has not made this possible.
FORD
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