CIS Microfiche Library 1970-2002 (CIS Asia Pacific Collection)

 CIS NO: 73-H381-25
 TITLE: U.S. Interest In and Policies Toward South Asia.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: xv+223 p. il.
 DATE: Mar. 12, 15, 20, 27, 1973
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 93-1              SUDOC: Y4.F76/1:As4/13
 ITEM NO: 1017
 LC CARD NO: 73-602366               MC ENTRY NO: 29910(73)

 Hearings before the Subcom on the Near East and South Asia to review recent
 developments in South Asia and examine U.S. interests in and policies
 toward: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Nepal (area
 maps, p. ix-xv).
   Appendices (p. 157-223) contain witnesses' biographies, submitted
 correspondence, State and Defense Depts responses to Subcom questions,
 articles, and:
 a. State Dept "United States Policy Toward South Asia," background paper
     including fact sheets (p. 161-175).
 b. USIA Activities in South Asia, summary (p. 186-187).
 c. U.S. economic and military aid to and social data on South Asia, tables
     (p. 188-194).
 d. AID "Establishment of the Indus Basin Fund" (p. 195-198).
 e. Palmer, Norman D. (prof of political science and South Asian studies,
     Univ of Pa) "The U.S. and the New Order in Asia" from Current History,
     Nov. 1972 (p. 201-206).
 Classified material has been deleted.
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Asia, US interest and policies
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON NEAR EAST AND SOUTH
     ASIA. HOUSE; SOUTH ASIA (US interest and policies);
     FOREIGN.ASSISTANCE; MILITARY.ASSISTANCE; FOREIGN.RELATIONS;
     DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE; AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; U.S.
     INFORMATION AGENCY; INDIA; PAKISTAN; BANGLADESH; SRI LANKA;
     AFGHANISTAN; NEPAL

 73-H381-25 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Mar. 12, 1973 p. 2-29
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     SISCO, JOSEPH J. (Asst Sec of State for Near Eastern and South Asian
        Aff); accompanied by LAINGEN, L. BRUCE (Dir, Pakistan,
        Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, Bur of Near Eastern and South Asian Aff)
 STATEMENT: Characteristics of, and U.S. policy toward, South Asian
     nations. (p. 2-6)
 DISCUSSION: Status of Pakistan-Bangladesh relations; description of U.S.
     aid to South Asia; assessment of Soviet and Chinese policies toward
     South Asian nations. (p. 6-29)
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Asia, US interests and policies
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SOVIET UNION (South Asian
     policies); CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (South Asian policies)

 73-H381-25 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Mar. 15, 1973 p. 31-77
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     MACDONALD, DONALD G. (Asst Administrator, Bur for Asia, AID)
 STATEMENT: Detailed review of U.S. economic assistance programs and
     policies in South Asia. (p. 31-44)
 DISCUSSION: Problem created by U.S. holding of excess South Asian
     currencies; impact of U.S. assistance programs in South Asia; response
     to charges of misuse of birth control program funds in India. (p. 44-77)
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Asia, US interests and policies

 73-H381-25 TESTIMONY NO: 3         Mar. 20, 1973 p. 79-118
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     NOYES, JAMES H. (Lt. Col.) (Capt.) (Dep Asst Sec of Def (Intl Security
        Aff) for Near Eastern, African, and South Asian Aff); accompanied by
        GROSS, WOOLF P. (Lt. Col.) (Army, Office of Asst Sec of Def) and
        KAY, HOWARD M. (Capt.) (Navy, Deck Officer for South Asian and
        Indian Ocean Aff)
 STATEMENT: Description of military balance in South Asia; summary of U.S.
     military assistance programs in area. (p. 79-93)
 DISCUSSION: Clarification of U.S. military assistance provided to South
     Asian nations. (p. 93-118)
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Asia, US interests and policies
 DESCRIPTORS: DEPARTMENT.OF.DEFENSE

 73-H381-25 TESTIMONY NO: 4         Mar. 27, 1973 p. 120-156
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     LEWIS, JOHN P. (dean, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton Univ)
     BARNDS, WILLIAM J. (sr research fellow, Council on Foreign Relations)
 STATEMENTS: Analysis of U.S.-Indian relationship and of Russian and
     Chinese South Asian policies; needed changes in future U.S. policies
     toward South Asian nations. (p. 120-135)
 DISCUSSION: Clarification of recommended U.S. economic and military aid
     programs in South Asia; assessment of past U.S. policies in area; review
     of Indian and Pakistani approaches to internal economic problems. (p.
     135-156)
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Asia, US interests and policies
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SOVIET UNION (South Asian
     policies); CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (South Asian policies)