NSDD 185 Private Sector Cooperation in Pacific Basin

2 SECRET SECRETCHRON FILE Such a policy should strive to foster stronger and deeper regional multilateral relationships by seeking, as circumstances permit, to expand involvement by other governments as observers or participants; using the 6+5 forum (as expanded) to address regional economic issues (e.g. trade and capital investment) i involving non-governmental entities, such as the Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference and the Pacific Science Association, with governments drawing on these entities as resources on the range of issues. (C) United States policy will remain to open trading markets in both directions, and to overcome domestic protectionist pressures. (C) IMPLEMENTATION Executive Branch officials should work to identify practical multilateral cooperative steps, especially in the areas of trade and finance, which do not undercut established United States bilateral objectives. To ensure that United States interests are represented in the Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference, Executive Branch officials should participate actively (in an individual, nonofficial capacity) in the United States National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation, and should work to broaden participation in private sector fora by the major economic actors in the Pacific, such as the ASEAN countries, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan and China. (C) The Interagency Group on the Pacific, chaired by the Department of State, shall continue to coordinate government activities with regard to Pacific Basin initiatives, specifically those dealing with the ASEAN 6+5 (as its agenda evolves) , and to develop and recommend programs to improve the awareness and understanding by Americans of the importance of the Pacific, including the creation or expansion of educational programs, student exchange and other programs which foster greater famil- iarity and understanding among the American public of the Pacific, and increase training in Pacific languages and culture. (C) Rould Reagan COPY 5 009 COPIES SECRET SECRET