NSSD 1-84 United States Third World Hunger Relief

UNCLASSIFIED alternatives which contribute to increasing earnings Third world creative and food food production. supplies, short-term These should liquidity, be examined export and presented noting their impact on: Whether U.S. actions to increase food aid resources o would conflict with international trade obligations o domestic reactions to creative policy alternatives in the How the Administration and Congress would deal with which increase or decrease agricultural exports interest of relieving Third world hunger. o The impact of new initiatives on 1985 farm legislation. Administration strategy to increase public and private o sector cooperation in simultaneously relieving Third World debt and hunger. Net budgetary impact over 1984-1988. 1814 Administration Management steering group chaired by of the NSSD review will. be the the responsibility Department of of an interagency AID will serve as deputy chair for this the study study. Ambassador Richard Levine of the NSC staff will from serve the as State. Robert Keating of State will be chairman. coordinator. Representatives will be Defense, study agencies and departments: State, President, CIA, Treasury, following Agriculture, the Office USIA, of CEA, the Commerce Vice and NSC. OMB, USTR, Peace under Corps, State chairmanship AID, will report its findings 30, This to the group National Security Council not later than April 1984. (8)4 All relating to this NSSD will be classified material, secret. and Dissemination matters of this NSSD, subsequent study on a strict the resulting draft NSDD will be handled need-to-know basis. (U) Roude Reagan cony 5 OF 14 COPIES